October 30, 2013 A rabbi was arrested at the Jewish youth center where he works in Beverly Hills, Calif., on child sex abuse charges from New York. Youth Center Rabbi Accused of Sexually Abusing Children – Christina Pascucci Reports Youth Center Rabbi Arrested on Child Sex Charges in Beverly Hills — Christina Pascucci Reports Menachem Tewel, known also as Mendel Tevel, was arrested Tuesday at the JEM Center, the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles reported. A spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department told the Jewish Journal that Tewel would be extradited to New York under an outstanding warrant for his arrest charging criminal sexual acts there. The charges date back as far as the mid-1990s and as recently as 2004. Beverly Hills Rabbi Arrested on Sex Charges May Be Extradited – Christina Pascucci Reports Tewel is married to the daughter of Rabbi Hertzel Illulian, director and founder of the JEM Center. “God will help that it will show that it’s all false and will clear up, and people will see while we will still continue our good job for the community,” Illulian told KABC TV. Rabbi Waives Extradition in Alleged Sex Abuse – Christina Pascucci Reports Searches of civil [...]
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