8 Rabbis Obligate Reporting Abuse
By COLlive reporter, Community News Service, September 18, 2017
8 Chabad Rabbis signed onto a letter stating, "there is no need to seek rabbinic approval prior to reporting" all forms of abuse.
A group of Chabad rabbis signed a proclamation addressing abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, alluding to its effects that have resulted in multiple deaths due to drug overdoses and suicides over the past year alone in Jewish communities.
"The existence of child sexual abuse and other forms of child abuse which occurs in some of our communities, resulting in a number of tragic suicides as well as other physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual consequences," they wrote.
The rabbis admitted that not enough was done in the past to tackle the issue. "We recognize that in light of past experiences our communities . . .
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