Malka Leifer: Melbourne Woman Awarded $1.27M In Damages Over Ultra-Orthodox Jewish School Sex Abuse
A Melbourne woman has been awarded more than $1 million in compensation for sexual abuse she suffered at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school.
Ex Melbourne Principal Facing Sex Abuse Claims, Malka Leifer, Suffering Psychosis, Lawyer Says
A PRINCIPAL accused of molesting students at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school has claimed through her lawyer she is psychotic in her latest attempt to fight her extradition to Melbourne.
Malka Leifer ‘Was Adass School’, Court Told
Adass Israel teacher Malka Leifer was employed by the Adass congregation, not its school, its barrister said today, in closing arguments in a lawsuit before the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Malka Leifer Sex Allegations Like ‘A Bomb’
A SENIOR educator at the Adass Israel School told the Supreme Court of Victoria today she “felt like I was sitting on a bomb” when she discovered that Malka Leifer, the school’s head of Jewish Studies, might be sexually molesting students.
Rabbi Zvi Telsner on Committee That Helped Accused Sex Predator Flee Australia
A SENIOR rabbi accused of covering up sex crimes at Yeshivah College formed part of a committee that helped accused sex predator Malka Leifer flee Australia, a court has heard.
Israeli Court Bid To Extradite Former Principal Accused of Molesting Girls At Melbourne’s Adass Israel School
Eight months after Malka Leifer was arrested in Israel at the request of Australian police, authorities are expected to outline her alleged offending in a bid to force her return to Melbourne.
Principal Malka Leifer Helped By School officials To Flee From Student Sex Abuse Claims
Just days after one of Malka Leifer’s victims first spoke out about the ongoing abuse at the Adass Israel School in Elsternwick the principal boarded an early-morning flight to Israel.
Alleged Victims Pressured To Drop Charges Against Sex Abuser Principal Malka Leifer
One of three sisters allegedly sexually abused by the principal of the Adass Israel Girls School has told a court how the woman “begged” her to reveal “what was going on” before she was sacked and then flew to Israel days later.
Haredi School Principal Malka Leifer Sexually Abused Girls, Court Hears
Explosive allegations against former Adass Israel School principal Malka Leifer were aired publicly for the first time today in a lawsuit brought against her and the school by a former student.
Haredi Macher Helped Alleged Pedophile Flee
A member of a Melbourne school council arranged plane tickets to whisk its principal, wanted on child sex abuse charges, out of the country, a court has heard.