Current Events > Jewish-American pedophiles avoid justice in Israel

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A CBS News investigation has found that many accused American pedophiles flee to Israel, and bringing them to justice can be difficult.
Jewish Community Watch (JCW), an American organization that tracks accused pedophiles, has been trying for years to find Karow and help bring him to justice.
JCW says Karow and other wanted men and women have been able to exploit a right known as the Law of Return, whereby any Jewish person can move to Israel and automatically gain citizenship.
Since the small organization started tracking accused pedophiles in 2014, it says more than 60 have fled from the U.S. to Israel. Given its limited resources to identify these individuals, JCW says the actual number is likely much larger.

"The same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church right now around the world, the exact same thing is happening in our community," JCW's founder Meyer Seewald told CBS News. "The cover-ups are the same, the stigma, the shame."
Seewald says tightly-knit Jewish communities across the U.S. will sometimes meet accusations against a member with incredulity, and that can have a chilling effect.
"Everyone goes and surrounds this individual and supports him because they can't believe a person can do such a crime. They take the abuser's side and the abuse continues," Seewald says. "They put him in another community. A few years later, he's done the same thing and we hear more allegations that the person is abusing children. Victims don't want to come forward when they see that."
JCW says the majority of its cases originate from modern Orthodox to Ultra-orthodox Jewish enclaves in the U.S., but that it happens across the wider Jewish community. Because perpetrators can't be held accountable unless victims come forward, many cases are believed to go unreported. To try to get them out into the light, JCW holds awareness events across the U.S., and offers victims of sexual abuse advice and emotional support.
Mendy Hauck decided to come forward after receiving support from JCW. The father of two says he was just 8-years-old when he was molested by a teacher at his Orthodox Jewish School in Los Angeles. Hauck says the abuse started one day when a friend brought in cookies for his birthday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-hide-from-justice-in-israel/

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this will surely trigger certain people here

why is this shit so pervasive in so many religions?

disgusting
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E32005 posted...

why is this shit so pervasive in so many religions?

disgusting

Close knit religious societies tend to protect their own and shield people from punishment

Should we ask why a group that "tracks accused pedophiles" is called 'Jewish Community Watch'? Seems like some information is missing.

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Oye vey!!

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Foley__Is__GOOD posted...

Oye vey!!

haha

brestugo posted...

Should we ask why a group that "tracks accused pedophiles" is called 'Jewish Community Watch'? Seems like some information is missing.

I also thought that was odd, but it seems that they are specifically focused on the somewhat cloistered Orthodox Jewish community.
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Zikten posted...

Close knit religious societies tend to protect their own and shield people from punishment

Remove "religion" from that sentence, and it doesn't get any less true.

Ethno-nationalism working as intended.

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Words0fJokeAc posted...

Dont think the religious thing is the important aspect of the title

it absolutely is; re-read my post, its very clear.
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Sounds like something that only a Jewish person would do

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brestugo posted...

Should we ask why a group that "tracks accused pedophiles" is called 'Jewish Community Watch'? Seems like some information is missing.

They're Jews that track Jewish pedophiles, basically.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/filmmaker-who-wouldnt-sign-georgias-oath-not-to-boycott-israel-sues-us-state/

Filmmaker who wouldnt sign Georgias oath not to boycott Israel sues US state
Abby Martin says the demand, the result of a 2016 law, violated her constitutional free speech rights

ATLANTA A documentary filmmaker who refused to sign Georgias required oath involving Israel is suing the state, saying the law is in violation of free speech rights guaranteed by the US Constitution.

A Georgia law passed in 2016 requires some people to sign an oath pledging not to boycott Israel in order to do business with the state.

In her federal lawsuit, Abby Martin says she refused to sign the oath, and her scheduled appearance this month at a Georgia Southern University media conference was then cancelled.

I will not forfeit my constitutional rights by signing this pledge, Martin said at a Monday news conference to announce the lawsuit....
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