AUSTRALIA
The Age
June 28, 2014
Patrick Hatch
Reporter for The Age
A former student at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne is suing the school and its former principal, who fled the country days after molestation claims against her surfaced.
Malka Leifer fled to Israel in 2008, days after being sacked as principal of Adass Israel Girls’ School, in Elsternwick, following complaints of inappropriate conduct with students.
Parents told The Age at the time that Ms Leifer had molested students aged 15 and 16 at her home and probably at school camps and that one victim had attempted suicide.
Two former students filed civil claims in the Melbourne Supreme Court in March last year against Mrs Leifer and the school for breach of duty.
Solicitor Nick Mazzeo, of law firm Lennon Mazzeo, has acted on behalf of a number of former students at the school who claim to have been sexually abused by Mrs Leifer.
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