Rabbi cross-examines daughter in sex trial

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Rabbi cross-examines daughter in sex trial   :shock:

March 4, 2009

NEW YORK (JTA) -- A fervently Orthodox rabbi accused of sex crimes cross-examined his own daughter.

Rabbi Israel Weingarten, whose daughter accuses him of molesting her from age 9 to 16, is representing himself at the trial in Brooklyn federal court.

Weingarten, 59, questioned his daughter Tuesday, the day after she testified to the abuse she allegedly suffered by her father.

The presiding judge called the situation "awkward" and "fairly untenable," The Associated Press reported.

A member of a Satmar Chadisic community in upstate New York, Weingarten was arrested last year on charges he traveled outside the country to have sex with a minor. He is said to face up to 210 months in prison under sentencing guidelines.

In his opening statement Monday, he said he was falsely accused by his daughter, now 27, and asked jurors not to judge him by his Chasidic garb, which he compared to that worn by George Washington.

"I'm not that different when it comes to our forefathers who were fighting for freedom," he said.

http://jta.org/news/article/2009/03/04/ ... -sex-trial

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Rabbi! Under the age of three only!

The ex-wife of a rabbi accused of molesting his daughter testified Thursday that she found them together in bed, and the teen revealed that she had been sexually abused.

Before she began answering the prosecutor's questions, Faige Weingarten waived her spousal privilege and told the judge she wanted to testify against her ex-husband, Israel Weingarten, who prosecutors say began abusing the girl in 1990 when she was 9.

The case is being heard in Brooklyn because Weingarten is accused of passing through JFK Airport on the family's frequent travels to Belgium.

Faige Weingarten recalled a Friday night about nine years ago when they were living in Belgium. She had slept in another room after arguing with her husband. She heard their infant crying and went to the bedroom, where she found Weingarten and their then-16-year-old daughter in bed.

"He said, 'Look, we are dressed,' but with the covers half down, I saw the middle of his body was naked," she said in Brooklyn Federal Court through a Yiddish translator.

A few days later, the daughter confided to her she had been sodomized, according to Faige Weingarten.

"She became disgusted for the rest of her life - he made her life disgusting," she said.

The rabbi, who is representing himself in the case, complained to Judge John Gleeson that the translator misunderstood Faige's answer about his father's ailing health at the time of the alleged sexual abuse.

Gleeson was incredulous. "And you think that was the important part?" he shot back.

Earlier, the rabbi reduced his son to tears during a bizarre cross-examination about a suicide letter the boy had written.

"Is it possible it could get any worse than this?" said the defendant's legal adviser.

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shell0724  Mar 6, 2009 2:24:10 PM   Report Offensive Post
I hope this man never sees another free day in the sun, before he goes to G-d who will judge him and sentence him to where he belongs for all eternity, unless he repents and confesses his grievous sins. I hate perverts, especially those cloaked in religion and fake piety.

loupgarous Mar 6, 2009 2:28:03 PM Report Offensive Post
If this guy was in the diamond trade it says nothing about his religion - for centuries the Belgians, Roman Catholics and Protestants many more than Jews by number, were murdering, raping, mutilating, torturing and enslaving Africans to get every scrap of wealth that could be exploited from the Congo. European atrocities against Africans in the "Belgian Congo" were mainly committed by "Christians," with the approval of their clergy in the Congo and at home.

ImissNY Mar 6, 2009 2:42:53 PM Report Offensive Post
A PERVERT IS A PERVERT IS A PERVERT - YOU CAN'T TELL WHO'S A PERVERT CAUSE THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND APPARENTLY RELIGIONS TOO - PERVERTS ARE EVERYWHERE, I THOUGHT WE WENT OVER THIS LAST CENTURY!

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@JetsFan11 - THE best comment!!!!

That'sWhat'sUp Mar 6, 2009 3:52:39 PM Report Offensive Post
he shouldn't have been digging around in her little weingarten

kingbenny Mar 6, 2009 4:10:16 PM Report Offensive Post
So the Rabbi was diddling his daughter & the wife didn't call the police? Isn't that criminal also? Poor kid, both parents destroyed her youth, I hope she can live a happy life. The long beard & curly-cue sideburns & black suit & hat aren't going to benefit him in ATTICA!

Anacondaman Mar 6, 2009 4:31:40 PM Report Offensive Post
footstool-first, you don't know squat about the guilt & shame of abuse victims. Fear & shame is what makes them keep quiet & hide the dirty secret. Also, you have NO understanding of how she was brought up, & her mother was brought up, too. They were brainwashed by religious dogmas to keep quiet, not to render testimony against those of their own faith or enclave. Man, are YOU really that uninformed that you don't know this & you can't understand this? HOW do YOU think that spousal abuse & child abuse & molestation is kept quiet in religious groups of every denomination? Do you think the victims brought this on to themselves (yeah, go ahead and blame the victims as all backward, uneducated idiots do)? Are you so unenlightened that you have to ask? Sounds like you need to shake the cobwebs of the gray matter.

kingbenny Mar 6, 2009 4:32:35 PM Report Offensive Post
I always thought Randi Weingarten had some problems now this explains it....

MOE'SFATHER Mar 6, 2009 4:54:45 PM Report Offensive Post
These horrible acts are commited by all kinds of people from all walks of life. But it sounds pretty much horrible, when the individual is a religious leader whom is looked, as a holy person . These sick and discussting freaks, are not Jews, Catholics, Islamics, protestants or Animals; They are just, discussting A-- holes, composing the Lost tribe of every religion.

WORLDTAKEOVER Mar 6, 2009 5:08:12 PM Report Offensive Post
He's representing himself so he'll be able to appeal his conviction based on an inadequate defense. While he's out on appeal, he's going to skip to Israel. Don't think so? Just watch.

[Ognir]

Rabbi Israel Weingarten found guilty of molesting daughter



A Hasidic rabbi who defended himself against charges of molesting his daughter over a seven-year period was convicted on all counts Wednesday by a jury in Brooklyn Federal Court.

The victim, now 27, was escorted into the courtroom by U.S. marshals for the verdict, and sat in the front row opposite six siblings, ages 13 to 23, who support their father Israel Wein.garten.

Showing no emotion after he was found guilty of transporting the victim to Belgium, Israel and New York to commit sex crimes against her, Weingarten complained to the judge that he did not have time to prepare for the trial.

Weingarten faces up to 50 years in prison when he's sentenced by Judge John Gleeson on April 3.

The victim dresses in modern clothes, wears makeup and has left the Satmar sect. She agreed to speak to reporters and was asked how she felt being cross-examined on the witness stand by her father.

"Like being molested again," she said. "He thought he still had power over me. I think it was cruel to do that to me."

"I wish he wasn't my father."

The victim was adamant about being in the courtroom for the verdict. "I've been waiting my whole life for this," she said. "I didn't think the day would come when there would be justice, and I had to see it with my own eyes."

The mother and a brother of the victim testified on her behalf, with the mother saying she caught the pair in bed once and the brother saying their father had brainwashed them. They were not in court Wednesday, but the other six of Weingarten's children lashed out at the victim, their mother and the government.

"My sister? I didn't look at her. She's not even human," said Yakev Weingarten, 18.

Another sibling, Chayeh, who testified that her mother molested the victim, said they will hire a lawyer to appeal the conviction.

Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell called the verdict "an important vindication for victims who have the courage not only to survive the ordeal of sexual abuse, but to come forward despite outside pressure."

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OMG WTF

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Found the Court Documents....  :wtf:

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Sunday, October 05, 2008
The Case Of Rabbi Israel Weingarten

PKC:AG
F.#2007R01082
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- against -
ISRAEL WEINGARTEN,
Defendant.
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I N D I C T M E N T
(T. 18, U.S.C., §§
2423(a)(1997), 2423(b)
(1997) and 3551 et
seq.)
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
COUNT ONE
On or about and between July 30, 1997 and August 19,
1997, both dates being approximate and inclusive, within the
Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant ISRAEL
WEINGARTEN knowingly and intentionally transported Jane Doe, an
individual whose identity is known to the Grand Jury and who had
not obtained the age of 18 years, in foreign commerce, to wit:
from Bet Shemesh, Israel to Brooklyn, New York, with the intent
that Jane Doe engage in sexual activity for which the defendant
could be charged with a criminal offense, to wit: Sexual Abuse in
the First Degree in violation of New York Penal Law Section
130.65(1) (1997); Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree in violation
of New York Penal Law Section 130.55 (1997); and Endangering the
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Welfare of a Child in violation of New York Penal Law Section
260.10(1) (1997).
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2423(a) (1997)
and 3551 et seq.)
COUNT TWO
On or about and between August 19, 1997 and September
12, 1997, both dates being approximate and inclusive, within the
Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant ISRAEL
WEINGARTEN knowingly and intentionally transported Jane Doe, an
individual whose identity is known to the Grand Jury and who had
not obtained the age of 18 years, in foreign commerce, to wit:
from Brooklyn, New York to Antwerp, Belgium, with the intent that
Jane Doe engage in sexual activity for which the defendant could
be charged with a criminal offense, to wit: Sodomy in the First
Degree in violation of New York Penal Law Section 130.50(1)
(1997); Sodomy in the Third Degree in violation of New York Penal
Law Section 130.40(2) (1997); Sexual Abuse in the First Degree in
violation of New York Penal Law Section 130.65(1) (1997); Sexual
Abuse in the Third Degree in violation of New York Penal Law
Section 130.55 (1997); Incest in violation of New York Penal Law
Section 255.25 (1997); Attempted Sexual Misconduct in violation
of New York Penal Law Sections 130.20(1)(1997) and 110.00 (1997);
Sexual Misconduct in violation of New York Penal Law Section
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130.20(2)(1997); and Endangering the Welfare of a Child in
violation of New York Penal Law Section 260.10(1) (1997).
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2423(a) (1997)
and 3551 et seq.)
COUNT THREE
On or about and between April 14, 1997 and July 30,
1997, both dates being approximate and inclusive, the defendant
ISRAEL WEINGARTEN, being a United States citizen, knowingly and
intentionally traveled in foreign commerce, to wit: from Antwerp,
Belgium to Bet Shemesh, Israel, for the purpose of engaging in a
sexual act with Jane Doe, an individual whose identity is known
to the Grand Jury and who had not obtained the age of 18 years,
to wit: contact between the mouth of Jane Doe and the penis of
the defendant; penetration by the defendant of the anal and
genital openings of Jane Doe by hand and finger with an intent to
arouse and gratify the sexual desire of the defendant; the
intentional touching of the genitalia of Jane Doe with intent to
arouse and gratify the sexual desire of the defendant, which
sexual act would constitute a violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Sections 2241(a)(1) & (2) (1997), if the sexual act
occurred in the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of
the United States, to wit: Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2423(b) (1997)
and 3551 et seq.)
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COUNT FOUR
On or about and between July 30, 1997 and August 19,
1997, both dates being approximate and inclusive, within the
Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant ISRAEL
WEINGARTEN, being a United States citizen, knowingly and
intentionally traveled in foreign commerce, to wit: from Bet
Shemesh, Israel to Brooklyn, New York, for the purpose of
engaging in a sexual act, for the purpose of engaging in a sexual
act with Jane Doe, an individual whose identity is known to the
Grand Jury and who had not obtained the age of 18 years, to wit:
contact between the mouth of Jane Doe and the penis of the
defendant; penetration by the defendant of the anal and genital
openings of Jane Doe by hand and finger with an intent to arouse
and gratify the sexual desire of the defendant; the intentional
touching of the genitalia of Jane Doe with intent to arouse and
gratify the sexual desire of the defendant, which sexual act
would constitute a violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Sections 2241(a)(1) & (2) (1997), if the sexual act occurred in
the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, to wit: Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2423(b) (1997)
and 3551 et seq.)
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COUNT FIVE
On or about and between August 19, 1997 and September
12, 1997, both dates being approximate and inclusive, within the
Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the defendant ISRAEL
WEINGARTEN, being a United States citizen, knowingly and
intentionally traveled in foreign commerce, to wit: from
Brooklyn, New York to Antwerp, Belgium, for the purpose of
engaging in a sexual act, for the purpose of engaging in a sexual
act with Jane Doe, an individual whose identity is known to the
Grand Jury and who had not obtained the age of 18 years, to wit:
contact between the mouth of Jane Doe and the penis of the
defendant; penetration by the defendant of the anal and genital
openings of Jane Doe by hand and finger with an intent to arouse
and gratify the sexual desire of the defendant; the intentional
touching of the genitalia of Jane Doe with intent to arouse and
gratify the sexual desire of the defendant, which sexual act
would constitute a violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Sections 2241(a)(1) & (2) (1997), if the sexual act occurred in
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the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, to wit: Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2423(b) (1997)
and 3551 et seq.)
A TRUE BILL
FOREPERSON
BENTON J. CAMPBELL
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

http://theunorthodoxjew.blogspot.com/20 ... arten.html

Rabbi Israel Hagar said...

    The alleged victim is none other that Weingarten's daugter, whose age is approximately 26 yrs. She is a mentally disturbed lunatic, with absolutely no credibility. Weingarten who went through a bitter divorce and won custody of his other children has no problem with those children. Not one allegation. The Prosecutorsin need to answer that contradiction foolishly claim that he has brainwashed them. This is a clear and obvious set up against an innocent father in retaliation for his having won a custody battle in a bitter divorce.