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A jury has found former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer guilty of 18 sexual abuse charges against two former students at the Adass Israel School.

A former female principal of an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students.

A jury heard how sisters in an isolated ultra-Orthodox community trusted their former principal before she abused them

Mother-of-eight Malka Leifer was convicted on 18 counts, including rape.

The verdict against Malka Leifer, who had led an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne, stemmed from sexual crimes against three sisters.

Jurors on Monday handed down mixed verdicts, convicting Leifer of 18 offences against two students, and acquitting her of nine charges

In an isolated ultra-Orthodox community, Malka Leifer was revered in a way three Melbourne sisters had never witnessed...

Much of the Australian-Jewish Community Is Angered, Frustrated by Perceived Israeli Foot-dragging Over Alleged Child Abuser’s Extradition to Face 74 Charges Related to Sex Crimes, Including Rape

Monday’s Court Decision That the Haredi Educator Is Fit to Stand Trial on 74 Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault Means That, Pending Appeals, She Must Return to Melbourne 12 Years After Fleeing in the Dead of Night

2001 * Malka Leifer arrives from Israel at Melbourne's Adass Israel School 2003 - 2006 * Alleged abuse...