Lizard
April 7th, 2008, 03:23 AM
Rabbi Elior Chen, the spiritual authority behind a group accused of systematically abusing children in a Jerusalem family, has fled to Canada with one of his supporters.
An indictment was filed yesterday against the mother of the children suspected of being abused by Chen's followers. The remand of the mother was extended Sunday until April 14.
During a search of Chen's home Thursday, police found evidence that appears to link the rabbi to the abuse, including journals that document the violence.
Two of the family's eight children, aged 4 and 5, were hospitalized in serious condition two weeks ago, after Chen allegedly ordered two of his followers to discipline the children by beating, burning, pushing and shaking them, and tying them up as a way of "correcting" their behavior. The 4-year-old is still hospitalized and is in a vegetative state. Police suspect that Chen's supporters also doused the children in hot and cold water and broke their bones with hammers and blows. The mother was charged with forcing the children to eat feces, beating them unconscious and locking them up in a suitcase for three days.
Chen and three of his supporters allegedly began providing the family with "educational lessons" several months ago. They kicked the father out of his home and began abusing several of the family's eight children, especially the two youngest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/972226.html
An indictment was filed yesterday against the mother of the children suspected of being abused by Chen's followers. The remand of the mother was extended Sunday until April 14.
During a search of Chen's home Thursday, police found evidence that appears to link the rabbi to the abuse, including journals that document the violence.
Two of the family's eight children, aged 4 and 5, were hospitalized in serious condition two weeks ago, after Chen allegedly ordered two of his followers to discipline the children by beating, burning, pushing and shaking them, and tying them up as a way of "correcting" their behavior. The 4-year-old is still hospitalized and is in a vegetative state. Police suspect that Chen's supporters also doused the children in hot and cold water and broke their bones with hammers and blows. The mother was charged with forcing the children to eat feces, beating them unconscious and locking them up in a suitcase for three days.
Chen and three of his supporters allegedly began providing the family with "educational lessons" several months ago. They kicked the father out of his home and began abusing several of the family's eight children, especially the two youngest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/972226.html