Conviction Jewish institutions and contexts Other Jewish institution or hearing Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA · 2002

United States: NCSY national director convicted of abusing students at the yeshiva he led

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Appellate history

2005

One count reversed; convictions otherwise affirmed; resentenced by amended judgment.

Record class

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

rabbi; principal of Hillel Yeshiva High School; national director of NCSY (Orthodox Union youth movement)

Organization

Hillel Yeshiva High School, Ocean Township, NCSY / Orthodox Union

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Girls under their principal's religious-educational authority — and a youth-movement office whose prestige had shielded him through years of internal complaints.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2002-06-27 · jury conviction; largely affirmed on appeal

Monmouth County Superior Court, New Jersey; NJ Appellate Division. Baruch Lanner, principal of Hillel Yeshiva High School and national director of the Orthodox Union's NCSY youth movement, was convicted in June 2002 of aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment against two teenage girls who were his students (1992–96), and sentenced to seven years. In 2005 the Appellate Division reversed one endangerment count while affirming the balance; he was resentenced by amended judgment and paroled in January 2008.

Documented coercion mechanisms

principal's authority over teenage students
national youth-movement standing that deflected complaints for decades

Cited record

Sources

national news agency verdict report 'Lanner convicted on abuse charges', JTA, 28 Jun. 2002.: Wire report of the verdict.
official court judgment appellate judgment State v. Lanner, NJ App. Div. (A-3385-04, 2006).: The appellate opinion on resentencing.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.jta.org/2002/06/28/ny/lanner-convicted-on-abuse-charges Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 60b9f2dc2c40073efb7d2320c6ee3c3190fc6362ccf1031815a4f35896dfe828
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Source and tier basis: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2006/a3385-04-opn.html Corpus classification: official-court-judgment; evidentiary role: appellate-judgment.
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