Rabbi Meir Kluwgant, Australia’s most senior rabbi, resigns after damning testimony at royal commission

‘Australia’s most senior rabbi, Meir Shlomo Kluwgant, has resigned as president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (ORA) after a damning stint in the witness box at the royal commission into child sexual abuse.

Rabbi Kluwgant gave evidence on Friday, and was forced to admit he had sent a text message to a newspaper editor calling the father of an abuse victim a “lunatic” who neglected his children.

The message referred to Zephaniah Waks, father of Yeshivah community whistleblower Manny Waks.’

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