Brooklyn Rabbi, Sons Accused Of Sexual Molestation

In a sickening story echoing several other similar sickening stories, a Brooklyn Rabbi and three of his sons are suspected of sexually abusing four female relatives. Rabbi Gershon Kranczer, 58, has been accused of sexually abusing two underage relatives; the eldest victim, a 20-year-old woman, told a co-worker at a Brooklyn yeshiva that she was sexually assaulted by the rabbi. The co-worker went to police, who soon discovered that three of the woman's relatives, aged 19, 17 and 8, were also abused in the Rabbi's home.

Rabbi Kranczer and his 21-year-old legally-blind son Asher fled to Israel on Monday night. The rabbi's 24-year-old son, Yechezkel Kranczer, turned himself in to the NYPD Thursday, and was arrested on a variety of charges, including multiple counts of sexually abusing relatives aged 17 and 20. The third son who has been accused, a 15-year-old, also turned himself in, and was charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old relative. The Post's article suggests the victims are Kranczer's daughters.

The 20-year-old woman said she had been abused by the Rabbi for over 15 years; he is the former head of Yeshiva Tehila L'Dovid, but he abruptly resigned from the yeshiva three months ago. Rabbi Kranczer has 14 children, all between the ages of 10 and 28; those under the age of 18 were removed and placed into the care of the Administration for Children's Services this week. The NYPD is coordinating with Israeli police to track down the Rabbi and his son.

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By Ben Yakas in News on December 3, 2010 6:21 PM

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taras_two

Following the arab & nazi line of deceive & divert attention, paula lies.
Bet paula is really a male.

taras_two

Y is paula silent about the $$$$ we're sending the p.a. to train al-qaida types to kill Americans?

taras_two

paula asked a question.
well paula, it's just u, u & the rest of your pro-arab anti-Semitic crew. U are following the script to every t & i. I don't give a damn about Israel but I do give a damn about the foreign agents from the arab countries who are trying to kill Americans while they establish their islambergs around the US to establish their base for sharia. And you won't condemn arabs. Oh you'll follow the nazi line and deceive but you are a traitor. You love arab killers of Americans more than America.

Nat_ive

After reading the above I guess the local neo-nutsie club was let out.

JacqueMehoff

Odd, there's not a single comment yet in the NY post link.

OSN!

yup, glad you liked it

langleycollyer

Exhibit A: a SpongeBob SquarePants bedsheet with a hole cut in it.

OSN!

oy vey

gerf

The most hackneyed comment in the history of blogs.

justthinkin

I guess the beaver hats just weren't enough.

eetonaee

Is this Jewish Pride day at the Gothamist?

With rabbis raping and murdering and Jewish businessmen stiffing their employees its time for another Chanuka miracle.

dadoc

14 kids? Grocho Marx comes to mind. How the heck do you support 14 kids unless you're on the government dole? I suggest they also investigate the rebbe for gov benefit fraud, etc. Will whatever scam he was running ever come to light?