AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
SHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN FEBRUARY 09, 2015
A RABBI has defended paedophiles, saying some should be left alone if they haven’t offended for decades.
In a stunning outburst to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, Rabbi Yosef Feldman said he didn’t agree that paedophiles who had repented and not reoffended risked jail time if they were prosecuted.
“Someone who’s done teshuva (repented), ending up in jail for many years, I didn’t think is a good thing,” he said.
“Obviously we’re terribly concerned about the victims.
“Is it just a situation where we punish someone for what they did 40 years ago even though they’ve changed totally?
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