Moshe Pinter accused of raping a young boy has been working at a Brooklyn yeshiva for troubled teens.
A Borough Park man accused of raping a young boy has been working at a Brooklyn yeshiva for troubled teens - and the city’s Probation Dept. never barred him from contact with minors.
Moshe Pinter, 28, was arrested and charged with a trying to molest a 13-year old boy in 2007, but pled down the top felony charge to a misdemeanor child endangerment offense after the victim declined to testify against him, according to court records and sources.
Pinter was sentenced to three years of probation, but was not barred from working with minors.
For the past year Pinter has been working at Ohr Hameir Yeshiva in Borough Park chaperoning Hasidic teens on weekend getaways while parents had no idea of his criminal past - which also includes two theft convictions.
“It's scary. My parents fell for it. They had no idea. He should be a million miles away from kids," said the brother of a former student at the Tenth Ave. school. "They put him right back in the community.”
After an inquiry from the Daily News, a Probation Dept. spokesman said the agency is “investigating” Pinter’s role at the school.
“It is within the Department of Probation's authority to determine whether Mr. Pinter is engaged in suitable employment and we have informed him that he is not permitted to have any contact with minors at [the yeshiva] while we investigate the situation,” department spokesman Ryan Dodge said.
Pinter did not respond to calls seeking comment. His lawyer, Kenneth Gribetz said Pinter “was never an employee of the school. He volunteered there.” Parents say he repeatedly identified himself as an “administrator.”
Child victim advocates said the case highlights the need for private schools to be legally obligated to run fingerprint and background checks on employees and for Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to publicize the names of convicted perpetrators in the Jewish community.
Hynes has repeatedly refused to list the names of Jewish sex crime offenders, arguing it would lead to the underage victims being outed in the tight knit Orthodox community.
Victim advocates counter that past cases have shown the kids names are known in the community regardless, while their molesters and the details of the charges often stay secret.
Ohr Hameir touts itself as a haven for troubled Hasidic teens who have been tossed from mainstream religious schools, a group particularly vulnerable to sexual predators.
"It's beyond sickening. You take a guy with a criminal background and put him in touch with the most vulnerable kids," said Mark Meyer Appel, founder of Voice of Justice, a child advocacy group.
Pinter pled guilty to grand larceny charges last March and faces up to 15 years in prison at his October sentencing.
By Reuven Blau / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
" I'm a survivor of physical and sexual abuse"
ReplyDeleteI was a student in this yeshiva and i know Moshe Pinter PERSONALLY he was not an employee he was the fundraiser of the yeshiva...... So the first half of this article is BS.....
I'm not saying he didn't do what you say he did..... BUT what i am telling you is that he's a different person today and he went to a lot of help......... And he wouldn't dare touch a kid anymore............ and FYI people are trying to close our yeshiva for a long time already and didn't succeed........ So here i am fighting for this man who was here to help me all my life whenever i needed help..... he was there for me 24/7...... and they're taking advantage of the concept of molestation and using it to close this yeshiva down so here is my name... i will help that yeshiva and stick up for them whenever they need my help....
I'M PROUD TO BE A STUDENT OF YESHIVA OHR HAMEIR
Just to set the record straight, in this case.
ReplyDeleteThis article is very misleading, and i will explain why.
The alleged crimes took place 7 years ago, when Moishy was 21 years old, and the victim was 17 years old (Not like the article states 13) - This info can easily be verified on E-Courts Online.
He was never convicted of rape, and the victim declined to testify because he was less then 5 years older then the victim and there was no force involved.
In regards to the grand larceny charges, this once again goes back 7 years ago, and once again he plead guilty and made an agreement to pay off all the money, he has already paid off 40% of the money.
He has since then went for professional help, and has changed drastically, i know him personally so i can vouch for that.
It is my belief that everyone deserves a second chance no matter how far they went, as long as they acknowledge, understand, and fully regret their past bad actions and take it upon themselves to change for the better.
Now as a side point, to make sure some readers understand the exact circumstances:
There is no such yeshiva as Ohr Hameir, its more less a hangout, they have maybe 5 Bucheim (teenagers 3 of them are over 19) who come there because they were thrown out from yeshiva, and have no where else to go.
The only role Moishy had was to bring food for the bucherim, he wasn't an authority figure to anyone there, other then that the writer should of made better research before he wrote this story, there is more then one misleading and inaccurate info, he wasn't employed there and there was nothing wrong with him bringing food for them.
In this case the alleged abuser is not a Child Molester!
Child molesters never get healed, because they will always have their sick preference for a child.
But here this is not the case, the alleged abuser & victim were less then 5 years apart, and there was no force involved, so there should be no reason after professional help to move on in life.
The writer is looking for some publicity by writing this article, but this is very wrong and extremely misleading.
Looks like he got some enemies who will stop by nothing to bring him down.
as we all know here in the community that this place is just to hang out and do drugs like the all perants cry is time for a bust its a shame that it toke so long and so meny victoms
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I wonder what influenced his first "known" accuser to not testify against him??? It's no secret that segments of the Jewish community are not above using violence and bribery to make accusers and witnesses go away...I also tire of the "isn't this a Jewish matter" type responses, as if there is an expectation of the matter not being tried in criminal courts, you live in America and believe it or not should be held to the same laws that the rest of us are!! I for one think that it's absolute BS that DA Hynes will not release the names of Jewish sexual offenders!! So they are entitled the names of non-Jewish sexual offenders, so as to better protect their families however non-Jewish families are deprived of the same security! Someone tell me why?
ReplyDeleteWell, I see Pinter has his friends writing in for him - because he's such a fine upstanding young man, right? He has his sentencing hearing in October for Grand Larceny - maybe he will get prison time for that, not just probation. It's a shame the 13-year old couldn't testify - it's difficult - we all must help the children and all victims of sexual violence to "Break the Silence" in order to heal and possibly save someone's life. Silence only helps the rapist/abuser - allowing evil to grow.
ReplyDeleteits so crazy and this yoel malik so cald rosh yeshivah is the same like pinter
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