AUSTRALIA
J-Wire
February 10, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Witness ABV returned to Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Abuse today.
Royal-Commission290He spoke of his horrified reaction when attending a Yeshiva Bondi function where he noticed Daniel Hayman had been named on the official program as an event sponsor. This was after Hayman had been charged with child sexual abuse.
“It appeared that the rabbis had rallied about him as being the so-called victim in this process” said ABV.
After Hayman was convicted, AVB was never contacted by anyone connected with Yeshiva or offered any form of support.
Witness ABV stressed that he had always tried to behave in a dignified and respectful manner. He spoke of his vain attempts to get reactions from the rabbis in his community about how he and his wife had been treated after Daniel Hayman had been charged with child sexual offences.
He spoke of the previous day’s testimony from Rabbi Yosef Feldman regarding the time when sentencing was about to be handed down on Daniel Hayman. Prayers were said by Chabad (Yeshiva) for Daniel Hayman to stay out of prison showed that the culture of Chabad had not changed, even as recently as 2014.
Counsel assisting the Commission, Maria Gerace, asked him if he had been looking for support within his faith and community for recognition that a heinous and repugnant crime had been committed, both in secular law and within the precepts of Jewish law.
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