Double-Standards

To present the facts in a case is not to excuse a crime or defend the offender or blame its victims.

In a New York Time's write-up last Oct, Paul Vitello revealed the shocking extent of child sex abuse cases in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community. He also details the 'cover-ups' that have long been aided and abetted by law enforcement.

With Jewish Rabbis abusing kids, people are prevented from reporting child abuse cases- even during persecution- to secular authorities because they are threatened with ostracism (from the jewish community) as well as with death threats. Rabbis are frequently citing an ancient doctrine that justifies the killing of someone who informs on a fellow Jew.

Where have all the church and state advocates been all these years when Orthodox Rabbis were allowed by the D.A's office to settle these cases 'internally'? What prevented all the professional victims' groups in staging protests outside synagogues? Where have all the sue-happy-lawyers been hiding from making the orthodox rabbis answerable to the allegations? Where have all the comedians and late-night entertainers been in cracking jokes about rabbis raping kids ?

It’s not just Orthodox Jews who have been given a pass: no group has gotten away easier than 'public school' employees. Consider this: because public school students have only 90 days to file a suit, it is always too late to prosecute a teacher- in virtually every state in US- who molested a minor as recently as three months ago. Not only that, abusive teachers are shuffled from one school district to another: it’s called 'passing the trash'.

Orthodox Jews try cases of child rape in rabbinical courts. Imagine if any christian church decided to institute its own ecclesiastical courts? An article published last October quotes a Jewish attorney urging law enforcement to recognize 'religious sensitivity' for the guilty by seeking alternatives to prison.

It’s not just Roman Polanski who can rape and vanish with impunity these days. The 'politics' of child rape is sickening.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of your week-end,

Love,

Prof. Dr. Alex Abraham Odikandathil