tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post1227809547327004126..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Prominent Orthodox rabbis in New Jersey forbid abuse victims to cooperate with secular legal systemPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-85577757281299540122013-10-18T12:51:08.044-07:002013-10-18T12:51:08.044-07:00Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Laura Pie...Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Laura Pierro called Bachner to testify after six witnesses testified on behalf of Kolko, describing an effort by many people in the community to try and convince him to plead guilty.<br /><br />“He was never being threatened,” Bachner said of Kolko. “I didn’t feel he was being coerced. He never indicated to me he was being pressured.”<br /><br />Kolko’s Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-7840222556430740562013-10-18T12:50:58.871-07:002013-10-18T12:50:58.871-07:00Former Orthodox Jewish counselor gets 15 years for...Former Orthodox Jewish counselor gets 15 years for child molestation<br /><br />Ex-counselor accused of child molestation no longer admits guilt<br /><br />by Kathleen Hopkins Asbury Park Press October 17, 2013<br /><br />OMS RIVER — After watching his former camp counselor try to avoid responsibility for molesting him during a nine-hour hearing on Thursday, a 16-year-old boy faced his abuserPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-14373512339008528392013-05-14T12:00:16.079-07:002013-05-14T12:00:16.079-07:00Lakewood Yeshiva Teacher Yosef Kolko Admits Abusin...Lakewood Yeshiva Teacher Yosef Kolko Admits Abusing Boy<br /><br />Taught at School and Camp in Orthodox Jersey Shore Town<br /><br />By Forward Staff, The Jewish Daily Forward May 13, 2013<br /><br />A former yeshiva teacher in the Orthodox town of Lakewood, N.J., Yeshiva teacher today admitted sexually abusing a boy after two more victims of his came forward to accuse him, authorities told thePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com