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| Kolko was indicted for a third time in September 2007. He was again arrested from his home and arraigned on September 12, 2007. | Kolko was indicted for a third time in September 2007. He was again arrested from his home and arraigned on September 12, 2007. | ||
| The civil cases aginst Yeshiva Torah Temimah as well as the criminal cases against Yehuda Kolko are currently pending. | |||
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File:Margulies.jpgYeshiva Torah Temimah is a Haredi yeshiva with branches in Brooklyn, New York and Lakewood, New Jersey that was founded by Rabbi Lipa Margulies. In 2006 the yeshiva gained widespread notoriety for allegedly harboring and employing a known pedophile, Rabbi Yehuda (Joel) Kolko, as a teacher. assistant principal and summer camp director for over thirty years, and was the subject of a May 2006 article in New York Magazine]. The civil case filing received media coverage,The Jewish Daily Forward, resulting in several additional alledged victims stepping forward.
Kolko was subsequently indicted for child molestation ]and several civil lawsuits are also pending against the yeshiva. Link to civil complaint
The civil case index numbers are:
US District Court: 06-CV-2096; US District Court: 06-CV-2215; NYS Supreme Court: 37492/06; NYS Supreme Court: 268/07.
Kolko's criminal indictment was followed by his arrest. His arrest received much media coverage. Jewish Press WCBS News NBC News ABC News New York Sun New York Post New York Times New York Times Education Section
Kolko was indicted for a third time in September 2007. He was again arrested from his home and arraigned on September 12, 2007. New York Daily News New York SunWCBS News
The civil cases aginst Yeshiva Torah Temimah as well as the criminal cases against Yehuda Kolko are currently pending.
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