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The controversial views of a rabbi who said Jewish leaders should not report offenders to police and complained about media hype around victims have again been aired before the sex abuse royal commission.
The commission sat on Thursday to hear oral submissions in response to recommended findings arising out of an earlier hearing into how ultra-orthodox Jewish centres and schools responded to abuse allegations.
The recommended findings have not yet been made public but parties in the February hearing in Melbourne have been given an opportunity to respond.
Greg Smith SC, representing Rabbi Yosef Feldman, submitted that the focus during the February hearing on the personal views of his client went beyond the commission’s terms of reference.
And that recommended findings against Rabbi Feldman by Maria Gerace, counsel assisting the commission, did not take into account the fact he had learned lessons since.
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