Rabbi Baruch Lanner Leaves Prison Today
NOTE FROM THE AWARENESS CENTER:
Rabbi Baruch Lanner Leaves Prison Today
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Rabbi Baruch Lanner was released from prison today. He will be living in an apartment in Elizabeth, NJ. It is not known at this time which synagogue he will be attending or where he will be spending this shabbos.
As part of Baruch Lanner's parole agreement, Baruch is court ordered to continue in therapy for sex offenders treatment. Lanner will also be mandated to a life time of parole. The Awareness Center is still waiting to hear what the rest of Baruch Lanner's parole agreement includes.
Unfortunately, as we have seen in other cases -- our religious leaders have a habit of advocated for the rights of sex offenders, verses advocating for those who have been sexually victimized by sexual criminal acts. As a people it's vially important that each of us demand that the needs of the survivors come first. It will require everyone's help to insure that are community leaders do not repeat this pattern with Rabbi Baruch Lanner, as they have done in the past.
As of today there is no proven treatment that will "cure" a sex offender, especially one with the past history as that as seen in the case of Rabbi Lanner. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to keep our children safe, and help monitor convicted sex offenders like Rabbi Baruch Lanner from being physically abusive and or molesting another child.
Baruch Lanner is going to have a road ahead of him. We all need to insure he has a way to earn a living. He's right to be out in public also needs to be protected. The problem is trying to not violate his rights at the same time as protecting innocent children from becoming one of his next victims.
Like many other convicted sex offenders, Baruch Lanner will most likely spend the rest of his life always be inches away from committing another sex crime. It's sort of like an alcholoic trying to stay away from his or her next drink. As a people we need to help Baruch Lanner keep away from our children, to insure he stays in remission. We all can help do by asking to both community and religious leaders of Elizabeth, NJ the following:
- What safety measures have Jewish community leaders established in Elizabeth to help insure Baurch Lanner has no contact with children under the age of 18? (this includes inside of synagogues and other public institutions.)
- Have you send out flyers to community members with Baruch Lanner's picture on it. The flyers should include warning the community of Baruch Lanner's past history of being physically abusive towards boys and sexually abusing teenage girls? The goal is to keep Rabbi Lanner away from minors.
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posted by Jewish Survivors at Thursday, January 10, 2008
3 Comments:
Lanner was once a candidate for Principal of the Jewish Educational Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Rabbi E. M. Teitz tried to recruit him even as Lanner was abusing girls and hitting boys in the JEC high schools.
Nothing happens in Elizabeth without the consent of the Teitz family.
Nothing.
Do you think that still true considering rav Blau's wife is rav teitz.
You mean Rabbi Blau's wife Rifka is Rav Teitz's sister.
So what.
Rabbi Blau didn't have anything to do with the JEC since he fled from being principal there.
Their son Binny wanted to follow in his grandfather's footsteps but lost control of the community to Rabbi E.M. Teitz's less qualified, less learned, and less talented son.
Blood is thicker than Torah.
Remember, the Rabbis in NJ all covered up for Lanner.
What will people do when he walks into the pizza store or the donut shop?
Will they tell him to leave?
Will they let him do the "ebbings" at NCSY Shabbaton's?
Will he still consult his former talmidim?
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