Of some 700 child sexual abuse cases brought in an average year, few involved members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community — about 180,000 followers of Hasidic and other sects who make up the largest such cluster outside Israel. Full Article at DovBear

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Five district attorneys, and the presumptive successor to one of them, met for lunch. Seated were Charles J. Hynes of Brooklyn and Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan. Full Article at The New York Times

A grand jury in Brooklyn has indicted an off-duty police officer on charges of second-degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in an automobile accident last month that killed a woman who was hailing a taxicab, the Brooklyn district... Full Article at The New York Times

The district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said Officer Kelly, 30, will face trial on charges that also include speeding. Full Article at The New York Times

by Kilian Melloy EDGE Staff Reporter Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 New York’s Ultra-Orthodox Jewish population is beginning to see the limits of traditional proscriptions on talking to authorities outside the faith about certain matters, such as crimes... Full Article at EDGE Boston

For decades, prosecutors in Brooklyn routinely pursued child molesters from every major ethnic and religious segment of the borough’s diverse population. Except one. Full Article at The New York Times