UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Rabbi who indecently assaulted girls aged 14 and 15 was sent for therapy by community elders and police were only alerted two years later
By STEPHANIE LINNING FOR MAILONLINE
A respected rabbi who indecently assaulted two teenage girls was sent for therapy by community leaders when allegations of his crimes emerged and was only reported to police two years later.
Todros Grynhaus, 50, a prominent member of the Haredi Orthodox Jewish community in Salford, Greater Manchester, abused the girls, then aged 14 and 15, in the 1990s, the court was told.
The offences were brought to light when one of the victims told a psychologist about the ‘litany of abuse’ in 2009.
When senior members of the community heard of the accusations, they suggested Grynhaus, a father-of-ten, receive treatment at a local clinic. They told the court ‘no one wanted to report it’.
Grynhaus was charged with sex offences in 2012 after one of his victims reported him to the police.
While on bail in February 2013, Grynhaus fled the UK for Israel using a false passport. He was arrested in May 2013 as he tried to board a bus in Jerusalem and was deported last April.
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