Israel issues international warrant against sect leader suspected of child abuse
Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis & Uri Blau;12/4/08
The Jerusalem police on Friday issued an international arrest warrant against Elior Chen, a spiritual leader who is suspected of orchestrating the worst case of systematic child abuse in Israel’s history. At the beginning of this week, Haaretz reported that Chen had fled to Canada with one of his disciples after the arrest of a Jerusalem mother, apparently another of his disciples, on suspicion she severely abused her eight children at Chen’s bidding. The mother was indicted for allegedly burning her toddlers, making them eat feces and locking them in a suitcase for days at a time, among other charges.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974081.html