A rabbi from Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested on suspicion that he molested an 11-year-old girl at his art gallery.
Police said Rabbi Steve Karro, 55, placed the child on his lap last
month and kissed her on the neck, then touched her bottom, the Miami
Herald reported on Thursday.
After questioning by police, Karro proclaimed his innocence. “There
was nothing inappropriate, nothing that violated anybody’s right,” he
said, according to CBSMiami.com.
A substitute rabbi at Miami Beach’s Shaare Ezra Sephardic
Synagogue Congregation, Karro is facing charges for alleged lewd and
lascivious molestation of a child under 12, and lewd and lascivious
conduct on a child under 16.
Karro told CBS4: “It was not touch, it was hug and the way I hug
everybody, the way I hug all the kids, the way I caress them, the way I
give everybody love. It was the same like everybody else.” Asked if
there was kissing, he added: “There was plenty of time kissing, hugging,
yes.” He also gave the girl a bag of candy.
Maybe I am reading a bit too much into this and these are only allegations (although he was arrested), but that last bit is creepy. From CBS Miami,
Police accuse him of inappropriately touching and kissing an 11-year old girl that he’s known for five years.
Officers said once they arrested Karro, he said he touched the girl’s
buttocks for a “‘cleansing,’ as she was exhibiting negative energy.”
Miami Beach rabbi suspected of molesting 11-year-old girl | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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