Hasidic sect in northern Israel churns out child brides and covers up sex abuse — report
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Hundreds of families from an insular Hasidic sect in northern Israel are systematically marrying off girls as young as 12 to husbands who are not much older, as welfare services fail them and community members fear speaking out, Haaretz reported Thursday.
The report cited current and former members of the Bratslav community in Yavne’el, officials with knowledge of the matter, and the previously unpublished findings of a government panel established in 2023 to look into the closed community.
The panel that looked into the community reportedly found “cases that give rise to suspect crime,” “multiple cases of dysfunctional parenting,” and “sexual abuse, part of which goes unreported.”
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