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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Police view alleged child-abusing 'rabbi' as attempted murder suspect

Ha'aretz
Israeli legal authorities plan to treat Elior Chen, the spiritual leader of an ultra-Orthodox sect in Jerusalem alleged to have carried out severe child abuse, as a suspect in attempted murder.

...Chen arrived in Israel on Wednesday after being extradited from Brazil. He and several of his followers allegedly used knives, hammers and other instruments to abuse children as young as 3 and 4 years old in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit in February and March 2008.

...Chen, who is suspected of being the key figure behind one of the worst child-abuse cases to ever occur in Israel, was arrested by Brazilian police in Sao Paulo in June 2008 after a 45-day manhunt.

... allegedly subjecting eight children to intense physical and mental abuse. He is said to have done so after asserting that the children were possessed by the devil. Full story
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