Psychiatrist Scared off Investigation of Orthodox Jewish Molesters
by Jeff Davis
For years we heard of sexual abuse stories within the Catholic Church. Now what would happen if someone spotted signs of abuse within the Jewish community. Well, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist has recently been forced to quit his job after threats that he and his family would be treated as outcasts in the Orthodox community which he was investigating and to which he belonged.
A recent news article reports “Threats forced a prominent psychologist to resign from a task force on sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. Dr. Benzion Twerski, who is also an Orthodox rabbi, resigned after receiving the threats, The New York Jewish Week reported. The task force had been established recently by New York state Assemblyman Dov Hikind. Benzion Twerski, Ph.D., graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from University of Pittsburgh in 1985. He studied in Yeshivos in Scranton, PA, Baltimore, and Jerusalem. He has been one of the leading professionals in youth-at-risk and addictions in the Jewish community.”
It sounds like this psychiatrist was well qualified. One would think a normal, sane community of people would want child molesters uncovered and punished. Well, think again. (more…)