"For decades, our community's leadership has been protecting pedophiles," Ben Hirsch, president of Survivors for Justice, told the newspaper. "This is going to sound shocking, but the safest place for a sex offender to reside is within the Hasidic and strictly Orthodox community, employed as a teacher."
Survivors For Justice is a child-safety advocacy organization and support group for abuse victims in the Orthodox community.
While the fervent search for Leiby Kletzky ensued, Shmuel Kamenetsky, vice president of Agudah's Supreme Council of Rabbinic Sages, declared that sexual abuse of children should first be reported to a rabbi, who then determines if there's enough evidence to warrant calling the police, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. This statement was particularly concerning in this case, since Shomrim was called an hour after Leiby went missing and the police weren't alerted until two hours after that, according to the New York Post.
TVNL Comment: Wow...they have a lot in common with the Catholic Church! Those religious people are sure better than those non-religious people...aren't they!
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