{"id":193643,"date":"2026-06-17T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=193643"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:20:33","slug":"report-lawsuit-alleges-yeshiva-shaarei-torah-of-rockland-enabled-sexual-abuse-of-student-by-fellow-students-after-it-was-reported-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=193643","title":{"rendered":"Report: Lawsuit Alleges Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Enabled Sexual Abuse of Student by Fellow Students After It Was Reported to Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zaakah posts May 19, 2026<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lawsuit Alleges Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Enabled Sexual Abuse of Student by Fellow Students After It Was Reported to Them<\/p>\n

According to a complaint<\/a> filed last week in New York, Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland is responsible for enabling the bullying, sexual harassment, and physical and sexual assaults by Plaintiff’s classmates. The complaint states that in 2016, when Plaintiff was 15 years old, a student in the grade above him fondled and groped his buttocks in the school parking lot. In late May of that year, according to the complaint, on a school trip to Camp Romimu, a student pulled down Plaintiff’s pants in a bunkhouse and sexually harassed him. The complaint alleges that in December of 2016 at a school Chanukkah party, students from Plaintiff’s class began a campaign of severe harassment and bullying in a class chat.
\nThe messages, according to the complaint, included explicitly sexualized messages describing sex acts they wanted to perform on Plaintiff, as well as homophobic comments about Plaintiff, and messages about Plaintiff’s body. At least five of those messages, according to the complaint, came from the same student who had pulled down Plaintiff’s pants at the bunkhouse. Plaintiffs parents allegedly reported the harassment and threats to the principal. After the report, the complaint alleges, Shaarei Torah failed to investigate, failed to take any appropriate actions, didn’t notify law enforcement or any other authority, and failed to interview Plaintiff. The complaint further alleges that no disciplinary action was taken against the students, and accommodations were offered to Plaintiff.
\nThe following month, according to the complaint, Plaintiff was talking to a friend in an empty classroom at thew school when the same bully came into the classroom and began demanding that plaintiff “do it” with him. The complaint alleges that the bully began taking his own clothes off and demanded that Plaintiff remove his clothing too, continually harassing, demanding, and bullying Plaintiff to engage in non consensual sex acts with him. This allegedly continued for 10-15 minutes without any adult intervention.
\nIn spring of 2017, according to the complaint, Plaintiff was talking to a friend at a friend at the school when another student walked past and groped Plaintiff’s genitals. This incident, the complaint alleges, was witnessed by another student who had been a part of the above referenced group chat. Plaintiff alleges that by this time the harassment was so severe that he started missing classes and his grades suffered significantly. By Fall of 2017, according to the complaint, Plaintiff was barely attending classes.
\nStill, the complaint alleges, during fall of 2017, on seven separate occasions, other students sexually harassed Plaintiff at the school by making comments sexualizing parts of his body, and threats that he would be made to show his genitals. Two additional assaults allegedly happened that fall perpetrated by another student who allegedly groped Plaintiff as part of a “prank” by other students, and kissed Plaintiff’s shoulder without his consent. This student had also allegedly been part of the above referenced group chat. In December of 2017, the complaint alleges that another student groped, fondled, and squeezed Plaintiff’s buttocks multiple times in front of a large crowd of students.
\nAccording to the complaint Plaintiff eventually dropped out of school that year.
\nThis is another case where what’s alleged is Child on Child Sexual Abuse and a school allegedly taking no steps to intervene or address it despite being aware. We saw similar allegations in the case against Mesivta of Long Beach and David Sussman, and the case against Ramah and Ethan Linden. Institutions owe a duty to their students to keep them safe from all forms of harm, not just abuse by teachers or staff. The harm caused by abuse from fellow students is no less traumatic or serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zaakah posts May 19, 2026: Lawsuit Alleges Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Enabled Sexual Abuse of Student by Fellow Students After It Was Reported to Them According to a complaint filed last week in New York, Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t