Alleged Pedophile And Adopted Father Of Nine Claimed To Be Chassidic Jew

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    Chaim Nissim Cohen (née Jeffrey Lujan Vejil). Source: Screenshot.

    HOUSTON (JNS) – A 38-year-old man who ran a website called Our Unique Family about the nine adopted boys he claimed to be raising as Chassidic Jews as a single father is facing charges that he sexually abused his adopted kids and other children.

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    The man now goes by Chaim Nissim Cohen but was born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil.


    On Feb. 24, prosecutors “outlined a hellish life for the adoptive children” of Chaim Nissim Cohen (née Jeffrey Lujan Vejil), which “conflicted with Cohen’s portrayal of a tight-knit, pious family on social media,” the Houston Chronicle reported. “Each of his court appearances, including Friday’s, has revealed new, alleged layers of deceit.”

    “Behind all that is excessive abuse,” said Janna Oswald, chief prosecutor for the division of crimes against children in Houston’s Harris County. “Grooming is not just of a child, it’s of the people around the children and the community.”

    One of the man’s adopted kids discussed the alleged abuse on a Feb. 1 podcast.

    “Cohen has appeared in court in a wheelchair and has claimed that he has a terminal illness,” per the Chronicle. “The state of his health, like many things in his life, has been questioned by prosecutors.”


    Writing on Twitter, one user, who identifies as a rabbi, called Cohen a “fake Chassidic Jew” and said that he was suspicious upon seeing Cohen’s social-media accounts. “Among other things, wrong rebbe on the wall. Payos start at (the) wrong place. They had weird books in their shelves,” wrote Pesach Lattin. “Sad story.”

    One TikTok post of Cohen’s that JNS reviewed shows an image of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on a wall, although Cohen and the children appear to dress in a manner that suggests a different Orthodox Chassidic affiliation. Several videos appear to show secular books, alongside religious ones.


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    Confused
    Confused
    1 year ago

    Were they actually adopted or were they his kids and he was pretending they were adopted? Cause if he was allowed to adopt 9 kids then a lot of people need to lose their jobs.

    A concerned person
    A concerned person
    1 year ago

    Poor poor kids

    jay
    jay
    1 year ago

    Strange stuff

    A REAL YID
    A REAL YID
    1 year ago

    Wow another George Santos fake Jew. What is going on? Who helped this maniac?

    My Take
    My Take
    1 year ago

    Is he even Jewish? What kind of Jewish name is Lujan Vejil, and how did he ever manage to adopt those kids? What adoption agency would allow such a thing?

    Lodzker
    Lodzker
    1 year ago

    Is he a convert? Anyone know? Or just appropriating Jewish names and attire for cover/social media cred?

    Jacob
    Jacob
    1 year ago

    Omg, I have seen some of their videos. Always seems wierd
    and peculiar but to each their own, these kids seemed like they were happy.

    I have no words , this is awful!!!!. I hope these children get the help they need, and if he did what is alleged… hopefully he gets what is coming.

    Chaim Yankel
    Chaim Yankel
    1 year ago

    Are these kids Jews? I know he is not a Jew.

    Boris
    Boris
    1 year ago

    Strangest thing was his video wearing a lace sheitl instread of a streimele… oy.

    Lodzker
    Lodzker
    1 year ago

    Also I looked at that “Paper Jesus” profile on twitter and its an anti-Semitic account.

    Shmuel
    Shmuel
    1 year ago

    The elephant in the room that everybody is trying not to notice is that feigeles are allowed to adopt children. That could never happen in any reasonably well-adjusted society.

    ruby
    ruby
    1 year ago

    a few thoughts
    how many of us thought that ” we’ve seen it all “? this is totally off the charts on so many levels .study the 2 pics of all these poor kids ( asufee min hashuk)
    Gay ? single? 1 kid ok but 9! , levush?
    there have been such stories in the past mormons, cults…etc.. i didnt see the charges but some times in their twisted caring about children they become totally skewed.. there got to be more to the story

    Negnews
    Negnews
    1 year ago
    Alta Bubby
    Alta Bubby
    1 year ago

    Very alarming

    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    1 year ago

    so he is BOTH chabad AND Satmar? reminds me of that Yid who pretended to be an Arab who pretended to be a Yid married to the Syrian Jewish girl in Brooklyn.

    Aguttenshabbos
    Aguttenshabbos
    1 year ago

    Oy vay. But there must be a woman involved somewhere. Some of the kids look very much like him.

    Shmuley
    Shmuley
    1 year ago

    Child protective services, adoptive services, pre-school funding have all be cut 75% by GOP Abbot. There is no one to check up on abused kids. No wonder this criminal lasted so long. Sad.

    Big ten and a little too
    Big ten and a little too
    1 year ago

    It’s a pretend world, we all pretend. We pretend that the garbage man is only a garbage man, the Mexican worker is defined as just a Mexican and so on.

    Blue
    Blue
    1 year ago

    Pretending to be a Chasid is the perfect cover for a Pedophile. They are the last group to believe accusations & will cover it up to not make the community look bad.

    Gersey
    Gersey
    1 year ago

    Only in Texas! Thanks Gov. Abbott!