AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant accused of telling abuse victim to ‘remain silent’ royal commission hears
SHANNON DEERY NEWS LIMITED FEBRUARY 04, 2015
AUSTRALIA’s top Rabbi tried to silence a victim who called on Jewish leaders to confront the child sexual abuse crisis telling him to “remain silent”, it has been claimed.
The victim, known only as AVB, told the royal commission yesterday respected rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant told him he had no right to speak up over the abuse crisis.
Rabbi Kluwgant is the president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australia and a current Victoria Police chaplain.
AVB said after the call for action he was bullied and ostracised from the orthodox Chabad community and vilified by senior rabbis.
He said he had emailed a group of influential figures connected to Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre calling on them to confront the issue of child sexual abuse in 2011.
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