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Fox 61
JULY 27, 2017, BY BOBBY MARTINEZ
NEW HAVEN – After being found liable in a federal civil lawsuit, stemming from a series of alleged sexual assaults, a New Haven Rabbi is gearing up to answer to criminal charges of sexual assault and risk of injury.
77-year-old Rabbi Daniel Greer, a former Police Commissioner in New Haven, and outspoken opponent of gay marriage, stands accused of sexually assaulting Eli Mirlis, a male student at New Haven’s Yeshiva school, from 2001 to 2005. Greer was then the school’s dean.
“Initially this came in through the reporting person’s attorney,” said Officer David Hartman, the spokesman for New Haven Police Department. “The investigation certainly supported probable cause.”
Mirlis, who claims he was 15 when the years of sexually assaults began, was awarded $15 million a civil suit judgment against Greer in May. He alleges, according to the arrest warrant affidavit, a sexual relationship began during his sophomore year. Mirlis, now 29, told police that whenever he refused to meet with Greer, he was threatened with bad grades and even expulsion.
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