ISRAEL and AUSTRALIA
Australian Broadcast Corporation
March 8, 2018
By James Oaten
The alleged sexual abuse victims of Malka Leifer have slammed a senior Israeli rabbi for “betraying” them, after he helped the former Melbourne school principal secure release from custody.
Ms Leifer has been in an Israeli prison since February and is fighting extradition back to Victoria where she is wanted on 74 charges of child sexual abuse, including rape.
But she is set to be released into home detention on Friday after senior Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, who is a recipient of the prestigious 2004 Israel Prize, told court that prison was “humiliating”.
In Melbourne, alleged victim Dassi Erlich said she felt “absolute outrage” that Ms Leifer’s “humiliation” trumped the feelings of the alleged victims.
“As a religious person myself, I find it quite a betrayal,” Ms Erlich said.
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