NEW YORK
CNN
By Nina Melendez, CNN
updated 12:40 AM EST, Tue December 11, 2012
New York (CNN) — A counselor in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing a girl over a period of three years in a case that one victim’s advocate described as marking “a new era.”
Nechemya Weberman, 54, was found guilty on all 59 counts he was facing, including sexual conduct against a child. He faces a possible sentence of 117 years in prison, the Kings County District Attorney’s office said.
The abuse began in 2007, when the girl’s parents hired the unlicensed counselor to help their then-12-year-old daughter; it continued — mostly in his office — until 2010, the district attorney’s office said in a news release. The victim, who testified at trial, is now 17, it said.
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