February 14, 2022
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Baruch Leifer, father-in-law of Malka, named as rabbi accused of sexual assault - The Times of Israel

Israeli networks are reporting that a Jerusalem rabbi arrested last month on suspicion of committing sexual offenses is Baruch Leifer, the father-in-law of accused sexual assailant Malka Leifer.

The arrest of Leifer, which has been reported for weeks abroad, has been gagged in Israel.

Leifer is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a family member when she was 12, and of sexual offenses against another man when he was 18, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Leifer is a former leader of the Khust Hasidic sect.

His daughter-in-law Malka Leifer is in Australia where she is charged with at least 74 counts of sexual offenses against girls at the Melbourne school where she was a principal.

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She had fought extradition from Israel for several years, straining ties between Jerusalem and Canberra.

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Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at his office after his was apparently injured the night before in clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022. (Flash90)
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