NEW YORK (VINnews) – Lev Tahor cult leader Nachman Helbrans was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by a US District Court in White Plains, New York.
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He was convicted late last year of six counts for his role in kidnapping two children and bringing them across the US and into Mexico for an illegal sexual relationship.
The prosecution says Helbrans has not shown “one ounce of remorse for his conduct.”
He also geot five years probation and must register as a sex offender after his release.
He also killed his sister by forcing her to eat food with sesame in it , to which she was heavily allergic. This was supposed to be a test of her loyalty, which wound up killing her
How much time will fo for that?
12 years doesn’t seem at all like enough
1 down MANY to go and lets go after their $ funders.
Maybe just maybe other prisoners will flog him like he flogged the poor kids.
How does that compare to Rubashkin’s 27 year sentence? Our judicial system is….
I guess working out just fine.
Because of the severity of the charges I doubt he’ll be sent to a minimum security prison with a minyon.
“The whole truth”: That they ran-away indicates that the marriages were against their will: This is only possible (in Jewish Law) by the father, if they are under twelve; but this Rabbinically forbidden, and against the Prophetical Decree of adhering to the statutes of the land (when they don’t contradict Torah.)
I can’t wait til he gets to prison and the first thing he hears is, “Hey Rabbi, those curls make you look real pretty.”
This is part of a severe personality disorder. They think they are saviors. There are other people like this that remove their children from their spouses because they are saving them. They look normal enough to fool some. Then they go around saying their children did not have access to food they are “saving” them. And they place their children in their own cult using their charisma and brainwashing. The children loose their simchas Hachaim with such people. Their poor spouses are left with children that won’t look at them. There needs to be more exposure to these “saviors”in our midst. They create such havoc. They sound convincing until you see the patterns. I’m this case many lev Tahor children were alienated from their parents.
So….
In prison , will he be the husband or the wife?
All is said and done they are still our brothers. Maybe if Our community would of formed a relationship with its founder and let him live in our community it would be controlled. I recall years ago when Shlomo Helbran AH was arrested for trying to make this secular israeli boy frum. Many Rabbonim backed him. Even Dov Hikind visited him in prison and described his avodas Hashem. He needed rabbis to guide him similar to meir kahane and Shlomo carlbach and Avi Weiss. People on there own can go off the deep end. You need a rebbe. And every rebbe needs a rebbe. Hopefully they won’t be in prison that long as two years will be subtracted as time served. We should not let them be that long in prison. Soon anyway they will be eligible to go to ottosville and the heimisha yidden there will knock some sense into them. Never give up.
Pidyoin Shveeyim!
Vee iz Moyshe Margaretten?