Former headmistress of Jewish ultra-Orthodox school found guilty of rape and sexual assault

It’s the end of a long legal battle for two sisters determined to bring their abuser to justice. On Thursday, Malka Leifer, a former headmistress of an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Australia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing her students. After nine days of jury deliberations, she was found guilty on 18 counts of sexual abuse, including five for rape and indecent assault. Leifer was the principal of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School when she abused sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper between 2004 and 2007. Erlich was 16 and Sapper 17 when the abuse bega…

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