The State Attorney's Office has filed an indictment against Moshe Saada, 65, of Tzfat (Safed), for sexually abusing seven minors — boys aged 9 to 12 — over 16 years while he worked at the 'Pirchei Kehuna' Talmud Torah in the city, according to Channel 12. The indictment alleges that after the abuse, Saada would give the victim preferential treatment in class and stop calling his parents to complain about his behavior, the report adds.
The indictment filed Wednesday afternoon at the Nazareth District Court accuses Moshe Saada, 65, of Tzfat (Safed), of committing sexual offenses against seven minors over a period of 16 years while employed as a teacher at the 'Pirchei Kehuna' Talmud Torah in the city, Channel 12 reports. The victims were boys aged 9 to 12 at the time of the offenses. According to the charge sheet, Saada allegedly manipulated the victims by granting them preferential status in class following the abuse, and ceased contacting parents to report behavioral issues, thereby concealing the abuse.
The case stands apart from a prior bulletin covering an indictment of four minors in a separate assault case over intimate images; although both are legal proceedings involving minors in northern Israel, the charges, context, and alleged perpetrator differ entirely. Saada's case involves a long-term pattern of abuse by an authority figure in a religious educational setting.
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