NEW YORK
The Jewish Daily Forward
By Paul Berger
Published January 17, 2013.
Seeking to blunt an outpouring of criticism from alumni, Yeshiva University has issued a statement,emphasizing the wide-ranging powers and broad scope of an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against former staff members at its Manhattan high school.
Y.U. launched the investigation in December after the Forward published the testimony of four former students who said they had been abused at Yeshiva University High School for Boys.
Three former students said they had been abused by Rabbi George Finkelstein, who rose to become principal of the school. A fourth student said that he had been abused by a Talmud teacher, Rabbi Macy Gordon.
In the weeks that followed about 20 more students contacted the Forward to say they had been emotionally, physically or sexually abused by one or both of the men, who worked at the school for more than 50 years combined. Gordon left the school in 1984. Finkelstein left the school in 1995. Both men deny the charges.
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