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Former ultra-orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has been ordered to stand trial on 70 child sexual abuse charges. Leifer, 55, pleaded not guilty to all charges at the end of a committal hearing in Melbourne on Thursday. The allegations relate...
The 55-year-old former ultra-Orthodox principal is facing 74 child sexual abuse charges involving three sisters during her time at Melbourne's Adass Israel School between 2004 and 2008.
A former cleaner at Melbourne's Adass Israel School says he saw ultra-Orthodox principal Malka Leifer at school on some Sundays with one, two or three girls.
19:44 EDT, 9 April 2021 5 shares Three sisters want to give evidence against their alleged abuser Malka Leifer in person as she faces dozens of charges stemming from her time at Melbourne's Adass Israel School. Leifer, a 54-year-old former principal of the ultra-Orthodox college, faces 74 charges including rape and indecent assault between January 2004 and March 2008. Siblings Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper are among 10 witnesses set to give evidence against Leifer in a five-day Melbourne Magistrates Court committal hearing scheduled for September. Malka Leifer (pictured right)...
0 shares Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File) MELBOURNE, Australia — A former principal of a Jewish ultra-Orthodox school accused of child sexual abuse will remain in custody ahead of her pre-trial hearing in September after appearing in an Australian court on Friday. Malka Leifer, a dual Israeli-Australian citizen who was extradited to Australia in January, faces 74 charges of sexually abusing children while working as a religious studies teacher and principal at the Adass Israel School in Melbourne. Appearing...