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Yeshiva Torah Temimah is a Haredi yeshiva with branches in Brooklyn, New York and Lakewood, New Jersey that was founded by Rabbi Lipa Margolis.
A May 2006 article in New York magazine claimed that Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, a teacher at the school for 30 years, had been a pedophile. A $20 million civil case was filed against the yeshiva and Rabbi Kolko, alleging that the yeshiva had concealed the Rabbi's actions and had intimidated victims from reporting the incidents.
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.
References
- Kolker, Robert. "On the Rabbi's Knee: Do the Orthodox Jews have a Catholic-priest problem?", New York (magazine), May 15, 2006. Accessed March 8, 2008.
- "Report: Yeshiva Covered Up Abuse", The Forward, May 19, 2006. Accessed March 8, 2008.