Rabbi charged with assaulting underage female relatives
Kranczer, 65, extradited from Israel
A Brooklyn man who fled to Israel in 2010 to escape charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted two young relatives has been extradited to Brooklyn.
Gershon Kranczer, 65, a rabbi who was formerly the head of a Brooklyn yeshiva, was arraigned Friday on an indictment in which he is charged with course of sexual conduct against a child, criminal sexual act and sexual abuse.
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said, “This defendant tried to escape justice by fleeing our jurisdiction. Today’s arraignment on these serious charges is our first step to bringing him to justice for this alleged terrible betrayal of trust. There is no place in our society for this type of predatory behavior, and I am committed to prosecuting cases such as this despite lengthy extradition proceedings.”