Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case
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The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elazar Rumpler, a senior figure within extremist haredi (ultra-Orthodox) cult Lev Tahor, to two years in prison and fines, following a conviction for a serious act of violence against a 10-year-old child in front of other Lev Tahor cult members, the State Attorney’s Office confirmed on Thursday.
Rumpler consented to a plea agreement with the court, the State Attorney’s Office clarified. As part of the agreement, he was sentenced to two years in prison, minus time served as part of his detention, a conditional prison sentence, a fine of NIS 10,000, and ordered to pay the victim compensation worth NIS 12,000.
Rumpler, according to the court’s findings, was involved in an incident where the child was stripped, placed on a table, and beaten on his back and buttocks, in front of peers.
Rumpler was, therefore, convicted of aggravated assault causing actual bodily harm. He was also convicted of leaving Israel in violation of a travel ban.
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