UNITED KINGDOM
Jewish News

April 10, 2014

A United Synagogue rabbi advised a child sex abuse victim not to go to the police, despite an “extremely clear” policy on the issue, it has been alleged.

Yehudis Goldsobel (pictured), who was raised in an ultra-Orthodox family from Stamford Hill, suffered sexual abuse at the hands of family friend, Menachem Mendel Levy, between the ages of 13 and 20.

Last July, Levy, 41, who is a father-of-six from Golders Green, was convicted of two counts of child sexual assault and is currently serving a three-year jail term. He recently launched a bid against his conviction and sentence in the hope of early release to attend his son’s barmitzvah, but this was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.