{"id":128565,"date":"2019-09-11T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=128565"},"modified":"2019-09-11T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:10:59","slug":"report-rabbi-gets-six-years-for-sexually-assaulting-woodcliff-lake-boy-20-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=128565","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rabbi Gets Six Years For Sexually Assaulting Woodcliff Lake Boy 20 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

From DailyVoice.com<\/a>: <\/p>\n

A rabbi formerly from Woodcliff Lake was sentenced to a plea-bargained six years in state prison for sexually assaulting a local boy in 1999 when he lived in town.<\/p>\n

Menachem M. Weiss, 47, must serve at least three years of the sentence handed down Monday in Superior Court in Hackensack before being eligible for parole, authorities said.<\/p>\n

He also must register as a sex offender and avoid contact with the victim or his family.<\/p>\n

“It was heart-wrenching to hear the victim describe [during the sentencing] how the abuse turned his life upside down and how it has impacted him for two decades,” said Meyer Seewald, founder and director of Jewish Community Watch.<\/p>\n

“At the same time, hearing this warrior’s incredible determination inspired me tremendously and I am thankful to have been there to witness his courage,” Seewald added in a statement. “No one can imagine what kind of bravery it takes to stand up and speak your most painful truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took superhuman courage for this victim to come forward, and he and the other alleged victims deserve overwhelming support from the community,\u201d Seewald\u2019s statement continued.”<\/p>\n

\u201cMendy\u201d Weiss had moved to Los Angeles, was married and worked as a teacher when he was taken into custody by Port Authority police and brought to Bergen County in March 2018.<\/p>\n

Four months earlier, Woodcliff Lake police “received information that a juvenile male was sexually assaulted by Rabbi Menachem Weiss between January and June 1999, while Rabbi Weiss resided in Woodcliff Lake,” according to a release issued at the time by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.<\/p>\n

An investigation produced a grand jury indictment that charged Weiss with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault of the boy, who records show was in his mid-teens.<\/p>\n

Weiss secured a deal with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty earlier this year to one of the counts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Menachem Weiss worked in Los Angeles schools and shuls for many years prior to his arrest. <\/p>\n

Various Los Angeles Jewish institutions still list Menachem Weiss on their websites, including the Nessah synagogue and the Sephardic Temple in Westwood:<\/p>\n

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