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So now, the 32-year-old Soffer said, he has decided to do just that, becoming the first alleged victim of former USY Nassau County divisional director Ed Ward to go on the record. Two other alleged victims have filed civil suits against Ward, with one naming USY and its parent organization, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, as co ...
- From Shock to Anger
- ‘I Cannot Quantify The Number of Interactions’
- ‘Jewish Values’
- Soffer: Little Confidence There Will Be Enduring Change
- Eliminating Need For Retelling Such Stories
Reactions from one group of friends to the news regarding their former youth group adviser appeared to encapsulate how many former USYers active when Ward held prominent roles in the 1990s and early 2000s have been feeling over the past few days. The seven friends who met in USY have maintained a WhatsApp group and have stayed in touch since gradua...
Most of the alleged victims who reached out to ToI in the past several days offered stories of Ward’s abuse that were somewhat similar to what was previously reported — online chat rooms, phone calls and in-person group masturbation sessions that the USY staffer participated in. Some of the alleged incidents they described, though, were more severe...
In its Monday statement, USCJ updated members on its three-pronged response to the allegations made in last week’s report: It was engaging a “third party agency to take over our reporting hotline operations, ensuring further accountability.” It was “engaging an independent investigator to review and further investigate all the information we have r...
Despite its detailed nature, the response deeply disappointed Soffer and his brother Lee, who also came forward in last week’s story to make allegations of sexual misconduct against Ward. “I am glad to see that USY is committed to making sure that this can never happen again. Ensuring it doesn’t happen again, however, must begin with recognition an...
In its subsequent Tuesday night statement to ToI, in which it recognized “the intensity of feeling and pain reflected” in last week’s article along with the “close scrutiny of our response,” USCJ added, “As we have repeatedly said but cannot say often enough, nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of the young people in our ...
Jun 23, 2023 · While his first two victims survived, Eddie successfully murdered 78-year-old Joseph Proce, a Taurus, two days later, on March 31. He was standing on 87th Road in Woodhaven, Queens when a disguised Eddie came and asked for a dollar.
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Aug 18, 2021 · In the recently published article, Soffer accused the former divisional director of USY Nassau County, Ed Ward, of sexual abuse and creating a hypersexualized environment at the USY youth camp. As of August 14, 2021, New York victims of the USY must be younger than 23 years old to pursue litigation.
4 hours ago · Eddie Johnson, 55, a friend of the victim, said he was a "beautiful person" who was known to walk his dog and carry a Bible. "I don't understand this," Johnson said. "He didn't deserve that."
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