NEW YORK
JTA
By Adam Soclof · December 10, 2012
NEW YORK (JTA) — Nechemya Weberman, a member of the Satmar Chasidic community in Brooklyn who practiced therapy without a license, was found guilty on 59 counts of sexual abuse.
Weberman, 54, was convicted Monday by a New York State Supreme Court jury for encounters he had with a female patient when she was between the ages of 12 and 15. He was charged initially on 88 counts, but the number was consolidated by Justice John Ingram, who presided over the case.
No physical evidence was presented during the trial, effectively leaving the prosecution to make the case based on the credibility of the accuser’s testimony.
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