Charged 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

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Appellate history

2024

Appeals court confirmed the national and international arrest warrant.

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Authority role

congregational rabbi

Organization

Chalom synagogue, Colegiales

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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.

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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.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral authority over teenage congregants and their families' trust

Cited 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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Source and tier basis: https://www.timesofisrael.com/interpol-hunting-in-israel-for-argentine-rabbi-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-teens/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: arrest-warrant-report. SHA-256 b008906a71ae689b8800521f234c5ac4ebade7b392e990f0b332a9debb337549
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