Monday, October 19, 2015

Cleveland Area Rabbi Gets 22 Years for Sex Abuse; Rabbi Frederick Karp Abused Females, 2 under 18

A Cleveland-area rabbi will serve 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (October 19, 2015).

Rabbi Frederick Karp, 51, was sentenced on October 15 in Baltimore County Circuit Court in Maryland, the home county of the victims, all females. He had been scheduled to go on trial later this month, but reached a plea bargain agreement.

Karp -- the former director of spiritual living at Menorah Park Center for Senior Living in Beachwood, Ohio -- was sentenced to 35 years, with 13 years suspended, plus five years of supervised probation after he is released.

The abuse took place when family friends visited the Karps' suburban Cleveland home, and also when he visited the family, over a five-year period that ended last December. The victims lived in Baltimore County at the time of the incidents. Two of the three victims were under the age of 18.

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