NEW YORK
The Journal News
A New Square educator accused of sexually abusing a young boy over five years has rejected the prosecution’s offer of state prison time in exchange for a guilty plea.
Moshe Taubenfeld plans to challenge before a jury the felony charge that he sexually abused a New Square boy from age 8 in 2001 until he turned 13 in 2006. Taubenfeld, 55, the father of 20 children, pleaded not guilty July 8 to the charge of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
“Our client has indicated he did nothing of that nature,” defense attorney Gerard Damiani said Wednesday.
Damiani said Taubenfeld denied the accusations when the young man asked him about the alleged abuse during a telephone conversation monitored by Ramapo police and the Rockland District Attorney’s Office.
“Apparently there was an effort to get a statement from him some time ago which proved fruitless,” Damiani said. “It resulted in denials.”
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