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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 22:08 24/05/2007 Popular Nahariya rabbi arrested for alleged indecent acts By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent The arrest of a popular Nahariya rabbi for allegedly committing indecent sexual acts was made public Thursday, after a judicial gag order was lifted. Rabbi Shimon Gerlick serves as rabbi of the Nahariya hospital as well as rabbi of the city's Amidar neighborhood. Police arrested him three weeks ago after an 8-year-old girl and 30-year-old woman accused him of indecent sexual acts. Police extended the remand of the rabbi twice before putting him under house arrest last week. Advertisement A 15-year-old girl came forward and issued a third complaint against the rabbi while he was under arrest, police said. The 8-year-old, who was escorted to the police station by her family, said that when she was five she visited synagogue where the rabbi took her to a secluded area and sexually abused her. The 30-year-old, who is married, said the rabbi sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions. Once when she came to him for counseling at the hospital and another time when she met him at a shop in the city. In her testimony she said that in both incidents Gerlick took her hand and placed it on his crotch. The 15-year-old testified that she met the rabbi near one of the synagogues in town where he committed indecent acts. All of the charges against the rabbi relate to incidents that took place in the past few years. Brigadier General Faraj Faras, Nahariya police chief, said that the decision to arrest Gerlick was only made after each of the complainants' testimonies had been checked and found truthful. Rabbi Gerlick is a well-known and admired figure in Nahariya. Over the years he has carried out the wedding ceremonies of hundreds of couples in the town and the surrounding area. Acquaintances were shocked to hear of the charges. One close friend told Haaretz: "We don?t believe it. This is a rabbi that everyone knows on account of his understanding and wisdom. He is a very warm man, its impossible to believe he's capable of such acts. Bookmark to del.icio.us Aliyah from Iran A group of 40 new immigrants from Iran touched down in Israel on Tuesday. Race to White House Top Republican candidate Mike Huckabee supports dialogue with Iran.   1.   Nahariya Rabbi 22:51  |  Roxy 24/05/07   2.   Did you hear of the one about the rabbi and the priest..... 23:47  |  EGW 24/05/07   3.   Roxy 23:56  |  Chaval 24/05/07   4.   I hope the punishment is severe! 00:12  |  T A Sheppard 25/05/07   5.   Nahariya Rabbi (teacher) 01:24  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   6.   Shocking 01:27  |  . 25/05/07   7.   Let`s not get too excited 01:30  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   8.   No punishment at all!!! 02:08  |  Yonah Barbosa 25/05/07   9.   Innocent until proved guilty 02:26  |  Ethan 25/05/07   10.   Wow.... 03:00  |  Will Turner 25/05/07   11.   Will Turner - Protestants, not Jews, badmouth Catholics 03:14  |  Netanel 25/05/07   12.   #7 hey BEN 03:54  |  jake 25/05/07   13.   This is not news 04:19  |  David James Vickery 25/05/07   14.   rabbi 05:13  |  colin 25/05/07   15.   God`s Chosen Child Molester 05:33  |  Joe 25/05/07   16.   Will Turner - At Least We Expose And Arrest Them 06:40  |  Eli 25/05/07   17.   #7 Jake - stop being a jerk 18:24  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   18.   #15 Joe - try READING the article 18:29  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   19.   #15 Joe - you must certainly take pride 18:40  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   20.   #13-2 David James Vickery - Take pride in Canada = it`s so Pure 19:13  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   21.   #10 Will Turner 19:21  |  * BEN JABO 25/05/07   22.   To # 5 , Ben Jabo regarding "Rabbi" 23:42  |  Henk 25/05/07   23.   To # 15 , Ben Jabo re "Rape Statistics .....!" 23:51  |  Jan 25/05/07   24.   #22 Henk 01:26  |  * BEN JABO 26/05/07   25.   #23 Jan - Ramat Gan 01:34  |  * BEN JABO 26/05/07   26.   For all that can`t read properly 02:29  |  * BEN JABO 26/05/07   27.   To # 24 , Ben Jabo 06:54  |  Henk 26/05/07   28.   Repeated claims of "ANTI-SEMITISM" 13:42  |  Peter 26/05/07   29.   Please Allow Me To Whine Some More 19:53  |  Harry D 26/05/07   30.   Henk - 2ND TRY 03:51  |  * BEN JABO 28/05/07   31.   #4 T.A. Sheppard - as I told you before 03:55  |  * BEN JABO 28/05/07   32.   #23-2 Jan 06:38  |  * BEN JABO 29/05/07   33.   I HOPE JAIL FOREVER! 03:17  |  Chachach 26/12/07

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