The girls were too afraid to tell anyone given the former principal’s standing in the Hasidic community, Victoria’s county court hears
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Three sisters allegedly raped and sexually abused by their teacher at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne had “no understanding of sex” at the time and were too afraid to tell anyone given the teacher’s standing in the local Hasidic community, a court has heard.
Malka Leifer, who was the principal of Adass Israel school in Elsternwick, has been charged with 29 offences against the three girls between 2003 and 2007, including 10 counts of rape.
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