Justice
Two members of the Lev Tahor sect will be investigated to determine if they committed abuse against minors.
Two members of the Lev Tahor sect will be investigated of course abuse against minors. (Free Press Photo: Erick Ávila)
Alternate judge Luis Orozco at a hearing on Tuesday, March 4, linked two members of the Lev Tahor sect, This is Nissen Malka and Yoel Goldman.
The Public Ministry (MP) requested preventive detention; However, the judge issued house arrest at the request of the defense of those indicated.
The house arrest must be fulfilled in Oratory, Santa Rosa. In addition, they are prohibited from leaving the country.
Both will have telematic control and have to sign every 15 days in the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office. They are also prohibited from communicating with a aggrieved in the case.
The MP requested a period of four months of investigation, since the complainant does not speak Spanish and the Prosecutor requires a translator.
Both will be investigated by the Crime of abuse against minors.
Other members of this sect have already been captured indicated of abuse against minors, among these forced marriages.
Several minors members of the group remain in state protection homes, after an investigation revealed indications of alleged abuses.