CANADA
eCanada Now
SIDNEY MARTIN · FEB 15TH, 2014
The ultra-conservative Jewish sect called Lev Tahor is claiming persecution at the hands of Canadian police investigators, but details from the police report used to obtain search warrants indicate deeply disturbing allegations prompted the police intrusions. It should be noted that thus far the allegations have not been proven in a court of law.
That said, police detectives conducted interviews with Lev Tahor families living in Quebec and Ontario, which described a heavily restricted society for women and children. The interviews were conducted over a two-year period that started in January 2012. The sect claims that dissident members are to blame for the search warrants being issued and that the former members are fabricating stories in retaliation. Nachman Helbrans made the counter claims.
He is the son of the sect’s leader rabbi Shlomo Helbran. However, he was less specific about what would be prompting the ex-members to retaliate.
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