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Friday, March 14, 2008

Lawyers Against Kolko Seek Additional Victims; Trial Set For March 31 

Lawyers representing "several men" and "two young boys" who were allegedly sexually molested by a teacher at Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Brooklyn sent a letter March 13 to the families of more than 600 male students who had Rabbi Yehuda Kolko as an instructor.

The letter, from attorneys Jeffrey Herman and Michael Dowd, is "seeking any information that may be helpful to these important cases, including information that staff at Torah Temimah and/or [founder and head of school] Rabbi [Lipa] Margulies was aware of allegations against Rabbi Kolko."

According to the letter, "Two of the boys allege they were abused by Rabbi Kolko while attending the yeshiva during the past few years. Others allege they were abused by Rabbi Kolko at the yeshiva during the 1980s."

"[The letter] is part of our investigation," Herman told The Jewish Week Friday. "We are interested in speaking with families whose kids were with Rabbi Kolko at school and may have information that's relevant. We allege that there were complaints going back for decades about Rabbi Kolko.

"My sense is that the community is really coming around," Herman continued, "and that people [in the community] are much more willing to cooperate than they were a few years ago."

In December of 2006, Rabbi Kolko was arrested and indicted by a
Brooklyn grand jury on sexual abuse charges that involved a 6-year-
old boy and a 31-year-old man; the latter alleges he was abused by the rabbi
as a boy and again when he returned to visit the school in 2005.

Rabbi Kolko was arrested again in September 2007 on charges that he
molested a first grader at the school in 2005. Rabbi Kolko remains free on
$60,000 bail.

According to a spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, preliminary hearings are set to begin in Rabbi Kolko's criminal case on March 31.

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a4904/News/New_York.html#

Comments:
Shoin Genuk!

Who hasn't heard about kolko already. enough! I'm sick of it already.

 

Keep on publicizing everything that comes out about this case. The worse the outcome for Torah Temimah, the more likely that other yeshivos will take notice and do the right thing when they find themselves in a smiliar situation.

 

Anonymous : March 15, 2008 2:03 PM
Wrote:

Shoin Genuk!

Who hasn't heard about kolko already. enough! I'm sick of it already.

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Is that you, Yudi? Don't you know Rabbi Scheinberg said the internet is asur even without penetration?

Now go away. This is an adults-only blog. No children for you to play with here.

 

Last week a Rebbele in Boro Park was arrested for similar charges. None of the Jewish media covered it. Is it not sick that making a concert is toeiva and molesting kids is an internal matter not to be disscussed?

 

FEAR OF THE LORD!!!

Maybe someone, or more, should
take ILLEGAL action against
people like this. Then, BE"H,
the "fear of G-d" will be instilled
in them enough to scare them from
repeating such outrages.

 

what happens if by chance after all his court cases he is found innocent, will all the haters just move on to the next?

 

This crime against children is UNDERRPORTED by our Jewish Media. Just heard about "K******* Rebbe" previously circulating in late Munkatch Nut Minyanim who was arrested for child molestation. Verified by Aydus. This is not like petzling amongst children, a natural growing up process, but abuse by a RELIGIOUS figure.

Don't know if in time of Sanhedrin this would be capital crime under certain circumstances, but there would be punishment; not like today they go scott free. Than G-d for dina d'malchusah!

 

To Anonymous March 17, 2008 3:51 PM

Last week a Rebbele in Boro Park was arrested for similar charges. None of the Jewish media covered it. Is it not sick that making a concert is toeiva and molesting kids is an internal matter not to be disscussed?

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Truer words not spoken!! What a joke our frum leadership and so called newspapers. ALL!!

 

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