Thursday, December 07, 2006
Rabbi rap sparks $10M suit
A Brooklyn Yeshiva was slapped yesterday with another big-bucks lawsuit alleging it protected a rabbi suspected of molesting children.
The suit, which seeks $10 million in damages, charges Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, 60, of Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah abused an unnamed boy of "early elementary school age" during the 2003 to 2004 school year.
It says the abuse took place in the religious school on Ocean Parkway.
A similar suit against Kolko and the Yeshiva seeking $20 million in damages was filed in May by two former students who claim they were molested by the rabbi more than 25 years ago.
Since New York's three-year statute of limitations has expired on the alleged offenses in the first case, Kolko was immune from prosecution.
But law enforcement sources said the new allegations against him are under criminal investigation.
Yesterday's suit accuses the Yeshiva of "failing to protect" the victim "from sexual assault and lewd and lascivious acts" despite knowing Kolko's "dangerous propensities."
A plaintiff in the $20 million case contends Kolko victimized at least 15 kids.
http://www.nydailynews.com/12-07-2006/news/story/478024p-402152c.html
A Brooklyn Yeshiva was slapped yesterday with another big-bucks lawsuit alleging it protected a rabbi suspected of molesting children.
The suit, which seeks $10 million in damages, charges Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, 60, of Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah abused an unnamed boy of "early elementary school age" during the 2003 to 2004 school year.
It says the abuse took place in the religious school on Ocean Parkway.
A similar suit against Kolko and the Yeshiva seeking $20 million in damages was filed in May by two former students who claim they were molested by the rabbi more than 25 years ago.
Since New York's three-year statute of limitations has expired on the alleged offenses in the first case, Kolko was immune from prosecution.
But law enforcement sources said the new allegations against him are under criminal investigation.
Yesterday's suit accuses the Yeshiva of "failing to protect" the victim "from sexual assault and lewd and lascivious acts" despite knowing Kolko's "dangerous propensities."
A plaintiff in the $20 million case contends Kolko victimized at least 15 kids.
http://www.nydailynews.com/12-07-2006/news/story/478024p-402152c.html
Comments:
I would hope that there would also be a criminal complaint against the principal, as the school is a mandatory reporter of child abuse and Kolko's actions were no secret.
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