NEW JERSEY
Sun Herald
By KATIE ZEZIMA — Associated Press
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday on the third day of his trial and admitted he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy he had met while working as a camp counselor.
Rabbi Yosef Kolko, 36, shifted uncomfortably on the stand in state court as he pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sex assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. The abuse occurred from 2008 to early 2009 and ranged from fondling to oral sex.
The change in plea came after the prosecutor’s office was contacted Friday by a representative for a woman who said she had been a victim of Kolko and a man who said he had been a victim, Senior Assistant Prosecutor Laura Pierro said.
Prosecutors said they would not pursue the two other cases.
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