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Alleged U.S. serial molester Avrohom Mondrowitz (Daniel Bar-On / Jini) Last update - 22:03 10/02/2008 Court rules to extradite alleged U.S. serial molester Mondrowitz By Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Avrahom Mondrowitz  Alleged child molester Avrohom Mondrowitz can be extradited to the United States, the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Sunday. Mondrowitz, a member of the Ger Hassidic sect in Brooklyn who posed as a rabbi and psychologist specializing in treating troubled children, fled to Israel in 1984 as New York law enforcement authorities were preparing to arrest him. In 1985 he was charged with sodomy and other sex crimes against five minors, aged 9 to 15, from the ultra-Orthodox community in Brooklyn. The case first came to light after a report in Haaretz Magazine (November 17, 2007). Advertisement The U.S. Justice Department twice applied for his extradition, but legal hurdles prevented this until now. The first extradition request was denied because at the time, 22 years ago, sodomy was not an extraditable offense under the IsraeliAmerican extradition treaty. The treaty was amended in January 2007, making it possible to extradite anyone who has been charged with a crime that carries more than a one-year prison sentence. The U.S. submitted a second extradition request in September 2007, and two months later Mondrowitz was arrested in Jerusalem. In Sunday's court decision, Judge Nava Ben Or ruled that since legal reasons prevented bringing Mondrowitz to justice, the statute of limitations on the crime with which he was charged stopped running the moment Mondrowitz arrived in Israel. With the statute of limitations still valid, she ruled, he can be extradited to the U.S. Related articles: Court rules alleged U.S. pedophile Mondrowitz must stay in custody 'I planned to murder Mondrowitz' Bookmark to del.icio.us   Artistic justice Israel Museum to exhibit art looted by Nazis and unclaimed. Let in snow For second time this winter, Jerusalem braces for snow.   1.   The Rabbis and the Clergy are having a field day 22:44  |  UGH! 10/02/08   2.   mondrowitz 23:36  |  h,s.cohen 10/02/08   3.   Finally some justice is served 00:48  |  m 11/02/08   4.   no surprise 01:27  |  alan 11/02/08   5.   What the hell`s the matter with 01:53  |  jake 11/02/08   6.   Mondrowitz extradition 02:13  |  noel 11/02/08   7.   Keep him, give US Sheinbein 02:14  |  Harold 11/02/08   8.   Send US Sheinbein 03:15  |  Harold 11/02/08   9.   Extradiction 03:54  |  Valdi 11/02/08   10.   Not to worry... 04:12  |  Lynn 11/02/08   11.   whos a child molester now lol 06:52  |  XD 11/02/08   12.   The sad part of this 07:07  |  Jeffery Stone 11/02/08   13.   I been in Prison 09:09  |  Joe 11/02/08   14.   Strange reasoning, your Honor 09:27  |  Stefani 11/02/08   15.   valdi 09:43  |  danny 11/02/08   16.   "Happy days are here again" 13:14  |  Herp 11/02/08   17.   If the children were Goy`s it is no crime. Free him!!! 03:28  |  Randy Greenbaum 13/02/08   18.   Long US prison sentences 21:49  |  Jessica 18/02/08

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