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Fast Forward ‘Stanford Rapist’ Walks Free After Just 3 Months in Prison
A former Stanford University swimmer was released from jail on Friday after serving just half of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, a sentence widely criticized as too lenient. Brock Turner, 20, left the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose shortly after 6 a.m. PDT (1300 GMT), just three months…
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News This Rabbi is Striking Back at Pedophiles — Using Twitter
Meet the rabbi who’s on a mission to educate the Orthodox community about sexual abuse—and publicly out pedophiles while he’s at it. For the past 15 years, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz has been trying to break the cycle of silence associated with abuse in the Orthodox community. According to the Torah, Jews are forbidden to turn…
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News Internet Activist Jacob Appelbaum Ousted from Job Amid Rape Allegations
Hacker celebrity Jacob Appelbaum stepped down from his position at the nonprofit digital privacy group Tor Project following accusations of rape and other sexual misconduct. This comes after a two-month internal investigation by Tor Project into the accusations, concluded in July, which determined that the accusations were true. No legal charges have yet been brought…
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Fast Forward New Age Institute Defends Accused Molester, Former Rabbi Marc Gafni To Teach Tantric Sex
— A New Age institute defended its decision to employ Marc Gafni, a former rabbi accused of sexual misconduct, as a “wisdom teacher.” The Center for Integral Wisdom is a think tank founded by Gafni. It is affiliated with the Institute for Integral Evolutionary Tantra, which recently announced that Gafni would teach a year-long course on New Age…
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Fast Forward Sexual Abuse and Beatings Indicted at Tel Aviv School
— Six haredi Orthodox teachers were indicted for abusing and assaulting children at the Hasidic school in Tel Aviv where they worked. The teachers, all men, were indicted at Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday, the Times of Israel reported. One, Avraham Rosenfeld, 49, was also charged with sexually assaulting a child under 16, indecent…
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News Former Rabbi, Accused Molester Marc Gafni Teaching at Tantric Sex School
Applications are now being accepted for a year-long course on New Age tantric sex, which include instruction on “total body orgasms,” “Prayer Sexing” and “Pleasure Dharma.” Classes begin in October and applicants who enroll before August 15 receive a generous discount. One of the course’s teachers? Controversial one-time rabbi Marc Gafni. Gafni, a New Age…
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Fast Forward 6 Suspects Arrested in Gang Rape of Israeli Backpacker in India
— All six suspects in connection with the gang rape of a 25-year-old Israeli tourist have been arrested, police in India announced. The remaining four suspects were arrested Wednesday. Two had been arrested hours after the early Sunday morning attack in the northern Himalayan resort town of Manali. Three of those arrested are minors, according…
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Fast Forward Fugitive Hasidic Rabbi Admits Raping Follower in Secret Tape
JERUSALEM — A rabbi who was extradited back to Israel from South Africa to face sex abuse charges is heard admitting to raping one woman on a years-old recording. The recording purported to be Rabbi Eliezer Berland was aired Tuesday night on Israel’s Channel 2. It reportedly has been turned over to the police. Berland…
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