NEW YORK (VINnews) — The efforts by rabbis, chasidic leaders, activists, and Guatemalan authorities to dismantle the Lev Tahor cult are gaining momentum. Another family has now left the cult, following extensive work with local authorities. The parents and their…[Continue Reading...]
Rabbi Shea Hecht, a Chabad Rabbi and former cultbuster, shares sharp words for the Lev Tahor cult and commends the Guatemalan government for its actions. He emphasizes that the key reason why 180 Frum children remain in Guatemalan foster care—is…[Continue Reading...]
Police and prosecutors in Guatemala have arrested two leaders of the Lev Tahor Orthodox Jewish sect accusing them of human trafficking and arranged marriages involving underage girls. Guatemalan police and Interpol said they arrested Aaron Teller and Josef Rosner Jan.…[Continue Reading...]
Earlier this week, Guatemalan authorities, in coordination with Interpol, arrested Yoel Alter, a 35-year-old senior figure in the controversial Jewish sect Lev Tahor. Alter, wearing the group’s signature brown cloak, was detained outside a government-run centre for minors in Guatemala…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor sect, Aaron Teller, has been arrested for human trafficking, authorities in Guatemala say. Another top member of the cult, Josef Rosner, has been arrested for child abuse and “human trafficking for forced…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemalan authorities have intensified their investigation into Lev Tahor, a controversial Jewish sect accused of human trafficking and child abuse, following the arrest of one of its senior members, according to press reports. Yoel Alter, 35, was detained earlier this…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemala City, Jan 24 (EFE). – The leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor in Guatemala deny accusations of crimes against minors, including sex trafficking, that led to the separation of 160 children from the community and warn that…[Continue Reading...]
Members of the Lev Tahor cult staged a protest Thursday outside welfare facilities in Guatemala, where more than 200 children, teenagers, and women have been housed since being rescued from the extremist group's compound last month. The demonstrators aimed to…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK (VINnews) — After several courts in Guatemala have refused to address the legal situation of the over 200 children, teenagers, girls, and women from the Lev Tahor cult who are in protective custody, the Supreme Court of the…[Continue Reading...]
Members of the extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor held in custody in Guatemala attacked police on Wednesday, Guatemalan authorities said. The incident came as authorities continue to grapple with the fallout from an operation last month in which they removed…[Continue Reading...]
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