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Avrohom Mondrowitz Last update - 14:43 16/11/2007 Israel Police arrest alleged child molester wanted in the U.S. By Aviva Lori, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Tags: pedophilia, Israel, Gur Hasid  Avrohom Mondrowitz, a Gur Hasid suspected of sexually abusing Haredi children in the United States, was arrested Friday morning pending extradition orders to the U.S. Mondrowitz fled the U.S. over 20 years and has been hiding in Israel ever since. The U.S. Justice Department two months ago submitted a request to Israel to extradite the suspect. The spokesman of the Justice Ministry confirmed the arrest. Advertisement Mondrowitz, a member of the Gur Hasidic sect who styles himself a rabbi and a psychologist, was a highly influential figure in the Gur community of Brooklyn in the early 1980s. Police suspect Mondrowitz sexually abused children brought to him as patients, including with acts of sodomy. In many cases, the parents were waiting in the next room for the treatment to end, so they could take the children home. Those are the facts as collected by the Brooklyn police and told by the children. An arrest warrant was issued for Mondrowitz in 1984, but when police arrived at his Brooklyn home to arrest him, they found it empty. An indictment was drawn in 1985, but Mondrowitz was able to evade arrest due to the complications of extradition. For the full feature on Avrohom Mondrowitz, read this weekend's Haaretz's Magazine: In the basement, behind a closed door Bookmark to del.icio.us   Iranian rhetoric Iranian boats threaten, so the U.S. candidates step up rhetoric. A new citizen Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim takes Palestinian citizenship   1.   Jews don`t extradite Jews 13:45  |  fred 16/11/07   2.   Finally mondrowitz is kicked out - justice!!! 15:26  |  m 16/11/07   3.   To Fred #1...In this case, if he is in fact guilty of destroying 15:28  |  SLAVO 16/11/07   4.   why after more than 20 years? 15:30  |  wondering 16/11/07   5.   Give him o Hamas. They know what to do to pedophiles. 15:42  |  bat yam 16/11/07   6.   Jews need to extradite "Jews" 15:47  |  eliyahu 16/11/07   7.   Israel Police arrest alleged child molester wanted in the U.S. 15:51  |  hew yorker 16/11/07   8.   between the lines 16:00  |  edgar 16/11/07   9.   fred 16:06  |  edgar 16/11/07   10.   child molester 17:20  |  sami 16/11/07   11.   Molester 17:22  |  Seth 16/11/07   12.   Fred 17:24  |  Avrum 16/11/07   13.   avreml 17:27  |  chei kak 16/11/07   14.   When will the lawsuits start? 17:36  |  Wendy 16/11/07   15.   To Fred In Holon - Tell that to Jesus 17:42  |  Gideon 16/11/07   16.   Re: #1 Apology to World 17:43  |  Sharon 16/11/07   17.   Extradition 18:07  |  Brad 16/11/07   18.   Police arrest of alleged child molester 18:52  |  Sandy 16/11/07   19.   Oh Fred......... 19:34  |  Jessica 16/11/07   20.   Gideon # 15 - Fiction vs. Reality 19:56  |  Jason 16/11/07   21.   child molester 20:03  |  Shmuelshachor 16/11/07   22.   20 years? I guess Israeli police were busy oppressing Arabs... 21:49  |  peacelover 16/11/07   23.   Pedophiles 22:26  |  Seymour 16/11/07   24.   Avrohom Mondrowitz, pedophile 22:34  |  Fussion 16/11/07   25.   Jews don`t extradite Jews #1 22:35  |  wibism 16/11/07   26.   #1, fred... 08:02  |  Silvienne 17/11/07   27.   #3, Slavo to Fred... 08:03  |  Silvienne 17/11/07   28.   To nummber 1 :jews don`t sexually abusing children 08:56  |  arabic guy 17/11/07   29.   surgical procedure 09:58  |  james hazan 17/11/07   30.   Background on Mondrowitz 17:16  |  Jewish Survivor 17/11/07   31.   "the awareness center"- center for lies 18:32  |  Another Jew 17/11/07   32.   Mondrowitz, Rodef 06:32  |  Joel Berman 18/11/07   33.   who was hiding him: hebrew university 14:23  |  Just A jew 18/11/07   34.   Jews don`t extradite Jews 18:05  |  Arshad 18/12/07   35.   # 28 Arab Guy and there are no gays & pedophiles where you live? 18:03  |  Petra 14/01/08   36.   # 11 Seth we have our own skeletons coming out of the closet 18:14  |  Petra 14/01/08   37.   # 23 Seymore US congress does the same. 18:17  |  Petra 14/01/08

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