I am not inclined to dwell on stories of sexual abuse. Not
because I don’t think they are serious issues. Of course I do. They are perhaps
among the most serious issues affecting the Orthodox world. Sex abuse is as
much a part of Orthodoxy as it is in the rest of the world. Experts in the
field generally testify to that effect.
The argument against such thinking has always been that a
Torah based life will preclude such behavior… that our sense of ethics and
morality will hold sway over us. While that may generally be true, we are not
the only ones that have a moral code or lead lives based on biblical values.
