The two rabbis offered an unusual service to Jewish women who could not get their husbands to agree to a divorce, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For a fee, they would convene a rabbinical court and authorize the use of violence to get a recalcitrant husband to agree to a divorce, the F.B.I. said.
But that was not all, according to court papers unsealed Thursday morning. They were also willing to employ hired muscle, two men known as Ariel and Yaakov, to actually kidnap the man and torture him, until he pledged to divorce his wife.
Rabbis Said to Use Torture, for Fee, to Force Divorce
Парочка раввинов с подельниками (больше костоломного чем духовного типа) промышляли своеобразным бизнесом: мужей, которые не давали согласия на развод по религиозным правилам (гет), за солидную плату (от жён, желающих освободиться от семейных пут) похищали, избивали и пытали до тех пор пока те не осознавали что были не правы. Среди применяемых средств использовались такие убедительные аргументы как электрошокер для скота.
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“Basically the reaction of the police is, if the guy does not have a mark on him then, uh, is there some Jewish crazy affair here, they don’t want to get involved,” Rabbi Epstein explained, according to the criminal complaint.