Posted on 05/16/2015 5:48:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
D.C. Rabbi Sentenced To 6½ Years In Prison On Voyeurism Charges
By Keith L. Alexander and Sarah Pulliam Bailey May 15
Barry Freundel, the once-influential Orthodox rabbi who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping dozens of women as they prepared for a ritual bath, was sentenced Friday to 6 1 /2 years in prison.
His punishment came at the conclusion of an hours-long hearing in D.C. Superior Court, where some of the victims described for Senior Judge Geoffrey Alprin the impact Freundel’s crimes have had on their lives.
“You repeatedly and secretly violated the trust your victims had in you, and you abused your power,” Alprin said in handing down the sentence.
Alprin also ordered Freundel, 63, to pay more than $13,000 in fines.
Freundel was arrested in October on charges that he videotaped six nude women at Kesher Israel synagogue in Georgetown. Prosecutors said a review of his computer equipment revealed that many more women had been recorded by Freundel as they prepared for the bath known as a mikvah, used as part of a purification ritual.
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Is there anyone DC can’t corrupt?
Well, at least it was women and not little boys.
Rabidly virulent anti-Semitism?
That’s a pretty perverted and disgusting thing to do, I must say.
I fail to see how that could be a factor.
That’s an unusual sentence for invasions of privacy.
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