ISRAEL
Jerusalem Post

His letter comes in the wake of several indictments in recent months against members of the haredi community for sexual assault against children.

Chief Rabbi David Lau has issued a letter to educators in the haredi sector calling on them to report suspicions of child abuse to the authorities and not to sweep such claims under the carpet.

His letter comes in the wake of several indictments in recent months against members of the haredi community for sexual assault against children.

Last week, an indictment was issued against six teachers in a hassidic elementary school in Tel Aviv, while another indictment was issued in May against a well-known haredi rabbi for raping three of his nieces hundreds of times over several years.

In July, an indictment was issued against a leading Breslov rabbi, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, for sexual assault involving a minor.

In Lau’s letter, written…