This rabbi was sexually abused for 10 years. His case is over, but his mission is not
SALT LAKE CITY — Rabbi Avrohom 'Avremi' Zippel thought the worst was behind him. Twenty years after his former nanny first touched him inappropriately, a jury had found her guilty as charged. But the 28-year-old faith leader wound up in an emergency room three weeks later, believing he'd had a heart attack. The tightening in his chest didn't surprise a doctor who recognized him from news coverage of the case. The diagnosis was a severe panic attack, but the patient disagreed. "The case is over," the Orthodox rabbi recalls explaining to his doctor. "He said, 'That that's not how this works. ...