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By DANIEL LIBON (Patch Staff)
May 12, 2015

A former rabbi at Temple Israel of Sharon will face a larceny charge.

Rabbi Barry Starr’s indictment was unsealed Tuesday and he will be arraigned on one count of larceny over $250. He was not present at Norfolk Superior Court and will be summoned according to the Boston Globe.

Also arraigned was Nicholas Zemeitus, 30, of Quincy on seven counts of larceny over $250, two counts of receiving stolen property over $250, one count of larceny under $250, and one count of extortion. The charges were announced by the Norfolk District Attorney’s office Monday.

Zemeitus is accused of threatening to make allegations of a sexual relation between Starr and a teenage boy public. Court records say Starr paid up to $480,000 for Zemeitus’ silence.

While no evidence of the described relationship has been discovered, Starr’s computer showed that…