NEW YORK
Las Vegas Sun
The Associated Press
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013
A religious counselor in New York’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community is facing 25 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl who came to him for help.
Nechemya Weberman (nuh-HEHM’-yuh) is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday. He was convicted in December of sustained sexual abuse of a child. The trial put a spotlight on the insular Satmar Hasidic sect and its strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world.
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