The financial settlement by a
Brooklyn yeshiva of two sexual abuse cases marks an important milestone
in the battle to expose such assaults and encourage victims to come
forward despite strong social pressures to remain silent.
Yeshiva Torah Temimah agreed in the fall of 2014 to pay $2.1 million to two former students who accused Rabbi Joel (Yehuda) Kolko, 70, of molesting them when they were six years old, according to a recent New York Post story. The settlement became public knowledge when papers filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court indicated that the yeshiva had defaulted on its schedule of payments. The lawsuits were filed in 2006 and 2007.
http://njjewishnews.com/article/32402/landmark-victory-in-sex-abuse-cases#.WBfefTU1eUl
Yeshiva Torah Temimah agreed in the fall of 2014 to pay $2.1 million to two former students who accused Rabbi Joel (Yehuda) Kolko, 70, of molesting them when they were six years old, according to a recent New York Post story. The settlement became public knowledge when papers filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court indicated that the yeshiva had defaulted on its schedule of payments. The lawsuits were filed in 2006 and 2007.
http://njjewishnews.com/article/32402/landmark-victory-in-sex-abuse-cases#.WBfefTU1eUl
