Charge of abuse at shul in Far Rockaway

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By Michael Orbach

Issue of Sept. 26, 2008

A man who lived on the grounds of a Far Rockaway shul has a hearing on Sept. 29 on charges that he abused a child during davening.

The case was first reported last week in The Wave, a Far Rockaway newspaper, which incorrectly identified Jacek Marczsewski, 46, as a custodian at Congregation Kehilas Jacob.

Marczsewski was arraigned September 10th and charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a course of sexual conduct against a child, and endangering the welfare of a child. He could face up to seven years in jail if convicted.

The report in The Wave said the boy had been molested repeatedly over a period of two years beginning in 2006, ending in July, but a source tells The Jewish Star that only a single episode of abuse is now believed to have occurred.

The child, who reportedly has been diagnosed as autistic, is said to be at the center of a custody dispute between his parents.