Friday, March 25, 2011

Why I Love Nuchem

This morning, March 25th, I attended the court appearance of child rapist Nechemya Weberman. So far, five victims have come forward with accusations against him. I also came to attend the appearance of Meir Dascalowitz (another child rapist, who - justifiably - wants to claim insanity), but i missed that one because by the time Weberman was done, Dascalowitz had already left.

It was very exciting to be there, because we were making history by coming out in the open with support for the victims of abuse. It was even more exciting because of the packed courtroom! The court officer at the entrance was constantly overheard saying, "You can't come in. You have to wait until somebody leaves, because there are no more seats." That was so inspiring, I wanted to dance and hug everybody in the courtroom, even the people who were there for other cases.

It was also exciting because of all the historical figures who attended; courageous men who speak out against abuse, continuously chipping away at the Wall of Silence surrounding abuse in our community:

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz (see link below - he also attended the Dascalowitz hearing, somehow!)

Dr. Asher Lipner

Etc...

and of course...

Reb Nuchem Rosenberg!

I felt honored to be in their presence. I was also honored to be in the presence of Yoily Deitch/Joseph Diangello (I really don't believe that's how he spells it, but Rabbi Horowitz spelled it that way). Joseph/Yoily is a man who came forward with his own story of how he was abused by Nechemya Weberman, and because of him (and the others who came forward) Weberman will be put behind bars for many years, be'ezras Hashem. His days of terrorizing our children are coming to an ignominious end.

The judge offered him 5 years today in the courtroom. But he refused the offer. I guess Weberman's lawyer cannot admit defeat because the Va'ad Hatznius will assassinate him if he does. But it's quite obvious that he is already defeated, and he would have been smarter to take the five years and be done with it. Since the judge offered five years as a deal, this means that the charges against Weberman are sufficient to put him away for 20 or 30 years, if convicted.

I plan to attend his next appearance, as well, which was scheduled for May 11. I hope to see all of you there, too! .Just don't come too early; I want to get a seat! :)

Here is Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz's press release about today's court appearances.

Oh, so why do I love Nuchem? Without Reb Nuchem, this would never have happened! Now, it's the abusers who are running!

As Yoily Deitch said: "You can run, but you can't hide..."

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