UNITED KINGDOM
The JC
By Sandy Rashty, April 14, 2016
A leading campaigner has called for a major inquiry into child sex abuse in England and Wales to investigate strictly Orthodox community institutions.
Australian Manny Waks, who was abused at a yeshivah in Melbourne, said the independent Goddard Inquiry should “seriously consider” looking at Charedi schools.
The inquiry, examining how public bodies protect children from abuse, is due to look at alleged activity across religious groups including the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.
But in a letter to Dame Lowell Goddard, chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA), Mr Waks called for her to investigate “at least a segment of the Jewish community” in her probe.
He wrote: “While child sexual abuse occurs in every segment of society, the context of the abuse, the response by the institution and community, and other factors differ to some degree.
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