Chief Rabbi backs inquiry call for mandatory reporting of sexual abuse
'We must not stand idly by, while our children are in danger' says Rabbi Mirvis
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| Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis |
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has issued a strong statement in support of the call by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse for mandatory reporting of suspected abuse.
On Thursday, the IICSA published its final report after a seven year investigation, recommending that people who work with children in positions of responsibility should face prosecution if they do not report incidents of abuse.
The inquiry, said Rabbi Mirvis, "has issued a clarion call, urging us to do more to protect our children from the scourge of sexual abuse. Its recommendation for a new law, creating a duty to report abuse provides a next vital step forward in this regard and is to be welcomed.”
Its final report, he said, “describes how shame, honour and victim blaming, create barriers to reporting, particularly in faith communities. Tragically, we have seen evidence of such barriers in a Jewish context and it is essential that we work together to rid the Jewish community of them.
“We must do more to ensure child protection policies and procedures are up to date, actionable and effective across our communal organisations.”
More also must be done, he said, "to educate our entire community, particularly our children, so that we better understand how to identify, challenge and report inappropriate physical contact with others, as well as the patterns of behaviour that can lead to child sexual abuse and any other form of abuse.
“We have seen the consequences of failing to afford these protections to our children both at home and abroad and if we fail to act, I fear that yet more innocent lives will be destroyed. We must not stand idly by, while our children are in danger.”
Erica Marks, chief executive of the charity Migdal Emunah which was founded nine years ago to support victims of abuse in the Jewish community, welcomed the inquiry’s recommendations.
Migdal Emunah was one of the Jewish organisations which gave evidence to the inquiry.
The issues arising from the report would be “challenging for police, statutory services and communities to resolve,” she said.
“Achieving the aims of this report, and ensuring that child protection is given top priority, will require sustained funding to agencies across all communities who support children and families.”
It would “require swift changes to the law - especially around mandatory reporting and obligations for professionals - and a commitment to training and oversight of communities, which the commission proposes is led by a Children’s Minister.”
The costs of making the changes would, she said, be “recouped by better physical and mental health, as fewer people will experience sexual abuse”.
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what about here as well in usa . We even had a jewish boy murdered this Parsha beresis in 1986 at Long Beach Yeshiva
No mosdos should hire talmidei Long Beach who were there in 1986. The bastards all know who the insider rotzeyich is that the hanhala is protecting, which is why they all lawyered up a few years ago when Nassau PD detectives made a renewed push to solve the case. Rotten Long Beach yeshiva is soon moving to a large campus in the Chestnut Ridge section of Monsey.
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From what I've read and understood, Chaim Weiss was probably murdered by the non-Jewish Polish cleaner, who worked at the Long Beach Yeshiva.
Chaim, a smart-Alecky kid, had several run ins with him, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this polish guy was the one who murdered Chaim.
The janitor was ruled out. There is proof he was in Virginia at the time.
The hanhala conveniently wanted everyone to believe it was the janitor.
What you read is really stale dated & debunked.
Why haven't the Long Beach oylam gotten a whippin' in the court of public opinion for aiding & abetting the administration's protecting the murderer?
Sick place! Only Philly precedes them as an intense & dangerous personality cult.
And Long Beach is infamous for feifing on daas Torah, like how they were mevazeh Rav Schach over the Belle Harbor machloikes, so why do Agudah Fresser baal habatim keep sending their sons there????
Brisk are the only ones who correctly exclude Long Beach from the oylam Hatorah.
The Long Beach cabal must have made Kushner persona non grata that he's the only former insider to speak up & complain about the cover up. Like he confirmed to the media, there was only one way in & one way out of victim Weiss's room, Hy"d. So the axe murderer had to pass by other bochurim in both directions.
I happen to know that a molester victim advocacy org has information connecting the Long Beach murder to a molestation cover up. This was long publicly suspected but they actually connected many more dots. They were supposed to go public but disbanded without doing anything. I don't know why they are holding this back.
The Long Beach cabal ....
I spent a Shabbos there for familial reasons, I con attest that this is one loony bin...from top to bottom!
CAN---oops!
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