Friday, February 03, 2006

Rabbi Richard Marcovitz on the National Sex Offender Registry


Rabbi Richard M. Marcovitz is currently residing in Delray Beach, FL.

In 2003 he plead guilty to inappropriately touching two students, a teacher and an after-care worker at an Oklahoma City Jewish school after a judge ruled evidence about the same kind of behavior over the last 40 years could be heard at his jury trial. The Emanuel Synagogue rabbi was sentenced to prison for five years and ordered to attend a sex offender treatment program.

Rabbi, Richard Marcovitz served as the spiritual leader of Emanuel Synagogue from 1996 to Feb. 2002.

When allegations of alleged victims, witnesses, and school officials recently arose, the Synagogue responded by initiating an internal investigation and rearranging responsibilities. Once the Oklahoma City Police department got involved, the synagogue fully cooperated and discontinued its own investigation.

The synagogue will continued to have Rabbi Marcovitz serve as its rabbi until the charges were substantiated. To reduce anxiety, relieved Rabbi Marcovitz of his responsibilities educating our children.

In 2003, Richard Marcovitz was named listed in civil lawsuits filed by the four victims and also a lawsuit filed by a woman who attended his conversion classes. She says he made statements about his sexual fantasies. The woman claimed she suffered loss of self esteem, bodily injury, sexual molestation and humiliation.

Marcovitz was previously sentenced to prison for five years after pleading guilty on March 25th, 2003 to inappropriately touching two students, a teacher and an after-care worker at an Oklahoma City Jewish school.

If further information is needed, please contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sexual Offender/Predator Unit at (1-888-357-7332) between the hours of 8am and 6.30pm, Monday through Friday

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