Brooklyn rabbi who fled to Israel in 2010 when he was accused of molesting ... trends now
Brooklyn rabbi who fled to Israel in 2010 when he was accused of molesting ... trends now
Brooklyn rabbi who fled to Israel in 2010 when he was accused of molesting children appears in court Gershon Kranczer, a Brooklyn rabbi and former Yeshiva school principal, was accused in 2010 of sexually assaulting at least two of his daughters The father of 14, married to his first cousin, was accused along with three of his sons: he fled to Israel with one of the three and went on the run In February 2020 he was arrested in Israel: in March 2021 he appeared in court in Brooklyn, and on Monday he was back before a judge in Brooklyn
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A Brooklyn rabbi and former Yeshiva school principal appeared in court on Monday in New York on charges of sexually assaulting his daughters, after spending a decade on the run in Israel.
Gershon Kranczer, 67, appeared before Judge Jill Konviser in Brooklyn Supreme Court in handcuffs belted to his waist.
He did not speak during the brief hearing, and appeared frail.
A father of 14 who is married to his first cousin, he is accused of molesting one of his daughters from when she was eight years old, in August 1996, to February 2003.
A second daughter was allegedly sexually abused from March 2001 to September
