Rape of youngster covered up in Modiin Illit
First reported 2 days ago, in the town of Modiin Illit, where the population is mainly Haredi, a horrible sexual assault apparently took place, and this is another case where the community covered it up, and the police are being stonewalled:
Update: now it's unclear whether the reports are true or not.
Police have identified the preschool teacher who first treated a five-year-old Modiin Illit girl that was apparently raped a little over two weeks ago in a crime that was kept secret by the staunchly ultra-Orthodox community.So here we have yet another tragic case of sexual asssault within a Haredi community being covered up because of the ludicrous beliefs that their reputation matters more than the plight of the victim and getting justice for her. I hope the police can figure this one out. But it's clear this will be very hard. More info over here.
The victim and her family have yet to be identified, but police are certain that the incident in fact took place, despite insinuations by some in the community that the entire incident is fictitious.
Police investigators questioned the preschool teacher under caution, after she refused to cooperate with the investigation, and claimed she took an oath of silence to certain rabbis in the city. [...]
Rumors of the event, which happened on Sunday two weeks ago, spread throughout the haredi settlement of Modiin Illit and eventually found its way to police. According to police information, the 5-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on her way to kindergarten. When her assailant finished with her, he released the girl and she apparently found her way to her kindergarten marred with bruises and lacerations. Police were informed that the girl required stitches for her wounds and was taken for medical treatment at a hospital in central Israel.
Police began to investigate but have hitherto failed to identify the victim or her family. Investigators claimed that many of Modiin Illit's denizens, including educators and welfare employees, are keeping their lips sealed about the ostensible rape. Rabbis in the haredi settlement, located just beyond the Green Line northeast of the city of Modiin, apparently dissuaded the town's inhabitants from leaking information to police out of concern that the crime could damage the community and family's reputation.
Investigators are hoping to persuade the teacher who first treated the girl following the assault to abandon her oath of silence and identify the victim and her family members.
Still, police fear that if they identify the family, then the victim's parents may refuse to allow an investigation of their child and the attacker will remain at large.
Update: now it's unclear whether the reports are true or not.
Labels: haredi corruption, Israel, Judaism, misogyny, Moonbattery
so now we see the whole thing was made up. but not before we jumped to conclusions and assumed things about others who are different than us.
Posted by
Anonymous |
2/08/2013 05:03:00 AM
Look who's talking, another questionable commentor who doesn't have the courage to sign his real name. If you'd looked at the latest, you'd see that it just wasn't clear, and it certainly doesn't mean Haredis are innocent. And if you're trying to resort to victimology, then all I can say is, that's sad.
Posted by
Avi Green |
2/08/2013 05:56:00 AM