According to Jerusalem Post Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the extradition of Rabbi Elior Chen to Israel where he will stand trial on charges of child abuse, the Justice Ministry said on Friday. Rabby fled Israel to Brazil last year after being accused of instructing one of his followers to beat her child to the point of permanent brain damage.
Elior Chen, the suspected ringleader and spiritual mentor in one of the worst child abuse cases in Israeli history, was arrested in Sao Paolo on June 3, 2008 after his local lawyer called Brazilian police with information about his whereabouts. He has been fighting his extradition from Brazil ever since.
Chen and his followers are suspected of savagely and systematically beating two brothers, aged three and four, with hammers, knives and other instruments for months, until the younger boy lost consciousness in March.
They are also suspected of the severe abuse of other children in the family.
The three-year-old suffered permanent brain damage as a result of the abuse, and is expected to remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.