Daniel Robert Hayman
A businessman accused of sexually assaulting under-age boys
he met through Bondi's Yeshiva Centre was expected to return to his family home
in Los Angeles after $1 million was posted for his bail
Daniel Robert Hayman, 49, was granted permission to leave
the country despite being charged with a third offence, relating to the
indecent assault of a 12-year-old.
Documents tendered to the court reveal he “exposed his naked
body” to the young boy in the 1980s.
Mr Hayman appeared before Waverley Local Court on Wednesday
charged with a further two counts of gross indecency against two males, aged 14
and 16.
Police allege one of the victims was molested at a Yeshiva
camp at Stanwell Tops.
Two others were abused at private homes in Bondi and Bondi
Junction.
Fairfax Media understands Mr Hayman was a volunteer at the
centre and assisted with various festivals.
His arrest and charging is likely to put some of Australia's
most senior rabbinical figures under scrutiny over their failures to act on
complaints by victims.
Despite complaints, the accused was never reported to police
and was able to leave Australia to live in the Los Angeles Jewish community,
where leaders shielded him.
A statement issued by the centre in November said the
accused was never an employee or teacher and his work as a volunteer did not
include responsibility of any children.
Mr Hayman was initially refused bail after he was arrested
at Queens Park on November 4 but later released.
Magistrate Clare Farnan varied his bail conditions to allow
him to fly home to his wife in LA after his father offered $500,000 surety on
top of the $500,000 Mr Hayman had already put up.
The court heard the accused had the responsibility of a
disabled child and his father was unwell.
Ms Farnan excused Mr Hayman from appearing the next time his
matter was mentioned at the Downing Centre Local Court on December 10.
“I will excuse him if he is legally represented but if a
plea is entered he needs to be there,” she said.
The accused read from a small black book during the
half-hour proceedings as his father and sister sat behind him.
Fairfax Media has previously revealed Mr Hayman told one of
his alleged victims that Yeshiva spiritual leader Rabbi Pinchus Feldman had
admonished him about 25 years ago over his relationship with a boy.
The leader of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia,
Moshe Gutnick, in March said he failed to alert police to an anonymous
complaint about Mr Hayman in the 1980s.
Rabbi Gutnick said in hindsight he was wrong not to alert
police. Rabbi Feldman said he had no recollection of any confession of child
sex abuse 25 years ago.
Fairfax also revealed this year an audio recording of
another senior Australian rabbi discussing Mr Hayman's alleged interaction with
boys or adolescents.
In the tape recording, Rabbi Baruch Lesches said some of Mr
Hayman's alleged victims may have consented.
Rabbi Lesches, who was at the Bondi Yeshiva at the time of
the alleged incidents and now a Jewish leader in New York, also cautioned
against reporting Mr Hayman to police.
He later apologised for his private remarks the audio of his
discussion about Mr Hayman was released.
Strike Force Bungo was formed in 2012 to investigate child
sexual abuse in the Jewish community in Sydney's east.
Detectives are urging anyone with more information to come
forward by contacting Crime Stoppers on 1800333000.
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