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A member of the Hasidic Lev Tahor cult has escaped Israel & traveled to Guatemala, his lawyer said today, 6 months after he was indicted for abusive behavior against 9 & 10 year old children.
Rabbi Elazar Rompler, 46, was charged in May @ Jerusalem District Court with assaulting & abusing children mentally + physically in 2009-2011, when he served as principal of a school belonging to the fringe community in Canada.
A former cult member said Rompler, who was in charge of kashrut, would starve children by forbidding them to eat almost everything. He also barred some taking medicine — even when urgently needed — without his written approval.
In one case, according to the indictment, Rompler had a child stripped, tied up & beaten for several hours over suspicion he stole money from a charity box.
In another, he's accused of instructing other teachers to hold a child down & beat him repeatedly for allegedly lying about needing eyeglasses.
Rompler left a 17-page letter with his lawyer, Gabriel Tronisoili, who updated the court on the development today, shortly before a hearing scheduled in the case.
It wasn’t immediately clear how Rompler managed to leave Israel.
Lev Tahor, which has 230 members, has frequently relocated to escape criminal accusations.
In 2014 it moved from Canada to Guatemala following mistreatment of children including abuse & child marriages. In 2017, members are believed to have crossed the border to Mexico, though they've since returned to Guatemala.
Rompler was arrested in Dec 2019 after arriving in Israel for unspecified reasons.
But despite having a Tzavaat Ikuv order barring him from leaving Israel, Rompler managed to travel to Guatemala, claiming he wouldn’t receive a fair trial & that he wants to see his family.
“He emphasizes this isn’t disrespect of the court, but in light of everything to do with Lev Tahor, he won’t receive a fair trial & forced thru prolonged legal proceedings under restrictive conditions, unable to see his wife & kids,” Tronisoili wrote the court.
Tronisoili asked the court to delay the hearing. Prosecutors asked for 30 days to look into the matter.
Other Lev Tahor members were previously indicted in the US over child abuse, including kidnappings & underage marriages. Arranged marriages between teen girls & old men are common. The group shuns technology & females wear black robes from head to toe, leaving only faces exposed. It also rejects the State of Israel, saying the Jewish nation can only be restored by God, not humans.
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