AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
SHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN FEBRUARY 11, 2015
CONTROVERSIAL rabbi Yosef Feldman has stood down from the board of the Yeshiva Centre after sparking widespread criticism with his views on child sexual abuse.
Giving evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, Rabbi Feldman admitted he was unfamiliar with child abuse laws and called for leniency for reformed paedophiles.
Today he resigned from his post as director on the board of management of The Yeshiva Centre.
“I apologise to anyone in the Rabbinate, the Jewish community and the wider Australian community who may have been embarrassed or ashamed by my views, words, understandings, recordings or emails about child sexual abuse or any other matter,” he said.
“I have dedicated my life to doing whatever I can to protect and assist all people in need including those who have suffered from any form of abuse, especially children, and it pains me greatly that words that I have expressed have upset victims and their families.
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