AUSTRALIA
The Australian Jewish News
THE Adass Israel School in Melbourne has come under fire after appointing Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant as its new principal.
Rabbi Kluwgant, the former president of the Rabbinical Council of Australasia, was forced to step down from all his communal leadership positions after the 2015 Royal Commission into Instutional responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
While there has never been any claim or implication that Rabbi Kluwgant acted inappropriately with children himself, concerns were raised by victims and victims’ advocates over how he handled issues related to child sexual abuse.
Reacting to the appointment, Dassi Erlich, who was awarded more than $1 million in damages in a civil case by the Victorian Supreme Court for sexual abuse by former Adass principal Malka Leifer, said the school should learn from the past.
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