AUSTRALIA
The Age
September 11, 2014
Jane Lee and Richard Baker
Senior rabbinical leaders will be called to give evidence to a royal commission about alleged cover-ups of historic sexual abuse against children.
The royal commission into child sexual abuse began inviting Jewish victim-survivors to tell their stories in recent weeks, publishing advertisements in the Australian Jewish News.
“Anyone who experienced child sexual abuse while in the care of a Jewish institution, such as a school, youth program or sporting club, and wishes to share their story, can make contact with the royal commission,” the advertisement says.
Fairfax Media has been told that senior rabbis will also be called to give evidence in Australia’s first national investigation into child sexual abuse in Jewish schools and other organisations.
This comes as the NSW Ombudsman, NSW Police and Victoria Police continue to investigate senior rabbis’ failure to report allegations of child sexual abuse at the Yeshivah centres in Melbourne and Sydney to authorities.
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