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Who Will Write A Public Apology?

5/13/2013

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For the past four years we have been seeing fliers and posters regarding the Kolko molestation case(see above). Rabbis jumped to Kolko's defense without ever talking to the victim. The child, a child! Was vilified, branded a liar, a pariah, without anybody trying to understand what his motive could possibly be. The family was judged immediately for any flaw they may have possessed. The perpetrator was of course innocent. His denials seemed so sincere.

The witch hunt began. The family was harassed. The child, instead of being told that this was not his fault and he will be protected from now on, was made to feel unwelcome in his own neighborhood. Rabbis who are supposed to judge without any bias were suddenly taking the side of the accused. The family eventually felt compelled to move a thousand miles away in order to escape the onslaught of backwards justice that had been foisted upon them. 

Now that Joseph Kolko has finally admitted the truth, what can be done to repair the damage done to this family? Perhaps every single person that pressured and coerced others to shun them in order to force them to drop the charges should publicly apologize. That is what most people would think should happen. 

Not in this case. The reaction after the judge ordered Kolko to go directly to jail and face a sentence of fifteen years, was swift. Those that found out that they supported a child molester now felt bad for his harsh sentence, blaming the family once again for ruining the perpetrator's life. To those people I can only say one thing. 

Did you defend Levi Aron after killing Leiby Kletzky? 

All of you that took part in being roidef (chasing away) this family have a hand in the act of the abuser. You have taken what Kolko did, and copied him step by step. You used your positions of power to destroy those that rely on you for protection. 

A public apology would be nice, but we won't be holding our breath.
HH
13 Comments
Moe
5/13/2013 11:46:56 am

Just a thought, not saying the accused is innocent. BUT can it be that Aron Kutler and gang put up 2 kids to come forward so the accused would have no choice but to plead guilty?

If you ask why they would do that, it's simple, they would end up being exposed for intimidation and running the victims family out of town, and other rabbonim would too.

Now no one has to testify or come to trial and all goes away and this person goes to jail and everything else continues.

Just a possibility

Oh and what about the 2 new victims, why did they wait until now? they had so many opportunity's to come forward and did not, why now?

Maybe because the rabbonim are going to be exposed?

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Cha
5/13/2013 01:28:31 pm

If Aron made up these new victims and it never happened Kolko would have never agreed to a plea. Must be Kolko knew what was coming down the pike.....

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huh?
5/13/2013 12:36:39 pm

so why wait til now? aron wouldn't have wanted the trial to start at all. and if these 2 new victims are made up, then why plesd guilty? fight it! if he'd had pled before the trial started he'd have gotten out without any jail time. your theory makes no sense all the way around.

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Paranoia
5/13/2013 01:03:39 pm

There is definitely motive, Blech was due to testify today or tomorrow and that would have been very bad for BMG Inc.
Nevertheless, you need more than motive, I doubt that they could pull something like this off, and if these two are not real people who he taught or was around, then why did he change his plea?

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Moe
5/13/2013 01:57:30 pm

Because maybe, just maybe he was pressured into taking a plea because as you said it would look very bad for BMG and Company if Rabbi Blech and other rabbonim would have to take the stand.

Why wait until now? simple, because they figured like this, let's wait until Neliah and see how things go, if it starts going bad then we send in 2 other "victims" o force him to take a plea.

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ILoveLakewood
5/13/2013 11:30:08 pm

Many people I know myself included, really do want to respect the Rabbonim of today but they themselves make it so hard to do so. Even if the Roshei Yeshiva believed the molester 100%, now that he admitted (for the 2nd time) to his guilty,BE A LEADER AND MAKE AN APOLOGY. But, they won't, and more and people will become disenfranchised with Rabbonim. What a shame.

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JS
5/14/2013 12:14:29 am

You're demanding that a R"Y of T"V publicly apologize? Regardless of whether he should or not, you're out of line for publicly calling him on it.
Despite what you read on the internet, you need to respect talmidai chachomim, even if you think they're wrong.

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Fred
5/14/2013 01:23:54 am

Yes Rabbi Belsky should apologize publicly. He slandered someone publicly and was wrong. A respectable leader would apologize it is a bizyon to evreything he stands for if he cannot bring himself to apologize when he publicly hurts someone wrongly

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It's simple
5/14/2013 12:38:38 am

There's respect and then there's respect. When someone slanders someone else without knowing all the facts, you might not slap him in public, but you also might not hold from him in halachah anymore, either.

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lakewood resident
5/14/2013 01:10:24 am

Quote" The family eventually felt compelled to move a thousand miles away in order to escape the onslaught of backwards justice that had been foisted upon them. "
SO TRUE , speaks volumes about those who would vilify the victim and not the perpetrator .how do these people sleep at night ?

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Bubbah
5/14/2013 01:17:17 am

what makes you think they sleep at night?

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Me Ani
5/14/2013 01:17:51 am

what's new with Weinstein now? Is Steve being watched as well?

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ILoveLakewood
5/14/2013 05:47:35 am

Weinstein was arrested again early this morning. The Feds were seen at the house for hours presumably searching the house for fresh Schmutz.

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