May 15, 2012

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A rabbi who was principal of an Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne changed his evidence under oath in a child molestation case.

Rabbi Abraham Glick, who ran Yeshivah College between 1986 and 2007, told the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court Monday that he was aware of allegations that David Cyprys, a former security guard at the boys’ school, had molested children, The Age newspaper reported.

Cyprys is contesting 53 charges – including six counts of rape – allegedly committed between 1982 and 1991.

Under oath, Glick, who still teaches at the school, said he wanted to change his witness statement, explaining that Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, the spiritual leader of the school and the head of Chabad-Lubavitch in Melbourne who died in 2008, had twice named individuals connected to the allegations.

Glick also admitted his witness statement that he had no recollection of anyone complaining about Cyprys molesting children was inaccurate. In court he said he had no recollection of complaints while he was principal, but last year an alleged victim told him of an alleged act of molestation.

The case, which has rocked the tightly-knit Orthodox community, continues.
 

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