Baruch Leifer, father-in-law of alleged sex offender Malka Leifer, was identified Monday as the Jerusalem rabbi who was arrested in January on suspicion of molesting children several years prior.
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Leifer, who is in his seventies and is a senior member of the Khust Hasidic dynasty, is suspected of multiple indecent acts. He was arrested after two people accused him of assault, a family member who said at the time of the alleged events she was only 12, and a man who said the rabbi assaulted him when he was 18.
His daughter-in-law is awaiting trial in Australia after being accused of molesting studetns when she was principal of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne.
