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Other Jewish institutions and contexts Other Jewish institution or hearing Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2024
Argentina: international arrest warrant confirmed for rabbi accused of abusing teenage congregants
Record class
Core record
Evidence status
Charged
Authority role
congregational rabbi
Organization
Chalom synagogue, Colegiales
Spiritual nexus
As the congregation's rabbi, Krawiec is alleged to have held pastoral authority over teenage congregants and to have used that position, and their families' trust in it, to isolate them.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2024-01-01 · arrest warrant confirmed on appeal; defendant at large
Argentine appeals court; Interpol. An Argentine appeals court confirmed a national and international arrest warrant for Rabbi Marcelo Daniel Krawiec of the Chalom synagogue, who is accused of sexually abusing at least two young men aged 16 to 18 between 2010 and 2018. He fled to Israel and Interpol is pursuing him. No trial has occurred.
Appellate history
2024 · undefined
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Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral authority over teenage congregants and their families' trust
Primary record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting arrest warrant report 'Interpol hunting in Israel for Argentine rabbi accused of sexual abuse of teens', The Times of Israel.
Reports the appellate confirmation of the arrest warrant and the pending Interpol pursuit of the accused rabbi.
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