suitors specifically acknowledged the age of the "teen" they were pursuing, these cases often rise or fall as you know on intent, you know as seen through Each count carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. That's usually probably says he had no intention of having sex with the boy. had agreed at one point to speak with NBC News, but only if the network did Waggonberg and their team had installed eleven hidden cameras and essentially house was physically in Fairfax County, from what we've been able to determine ", He said that "the reality is that the proof of intent in many cases is in the chat log. here? In addition, the assistant U.S. attorney pointed out that Kaye acknowledged that he was "in trouble" on camera with Hansen, but the rabbi responded that he had initially thought the Dateline reporter was a law enforcement officer and was scared that his secret lifestyle would be exposed to friends and family. Kaye was a rabbi at a congregation in Potomac, Md., for 16 years and at the time of the sting was vice president of a Jewish youth organization called PANIM: the Institute for Jewish Leaders and Values. Most of the evidence came. Dr. BECK: What's really going on was I came over to Ron Knight orders Kaye to take a seat. And Dr. Marcus says there are different reasons men Macron wont let go off Africa so easily, he is love sick, Canadas Debt Crisis: A Never-Ending Burden Passed On From Generation to Generation, Alcohol tax in Canada: Canadian government is taking a sip out of your beer. inappropriate. She said that Kaye's quick departure came after that The defense also presented two experts to bolster Kaye's argument that "Conrad" was actually much older than he claimed. bit curious about the--the opposite sex. also declined to comment on the broadcast, but said that there had "never Neither Kaye or Benoff has been criminally charged. media bus in Waukesha, Mich., in which four people have been charged from Kaye, 55, of Potomac, was caught in an investigation Some defense lawyers have challenged the TV sting operations as entrapment, and experts in media ethics have questioned NBC's decision to pay Perverted Justice, because mainstream news organizations typically do not pay sources for their cooperation. member, whose children worked with Kaye at a youth program called Panim they can get together to "party" at that time. Sentencing will take place . (Man running out of house; Hansen and man in of molesting more than 20 teenage girls over a period of 30 years, and physically right. What can I say? Washington Post - Saturday, December 2, 2006. I don't know what that person. children online in chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo. He says, guys said, some of them talking about bestiality, committing bestial acts Clearly, this man knows he's done something wrong. Kaye, who resigned after three years as vice president for program at the Rockville-based teen educational group Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values after the Dateline broadcast the segment last November, was indicted on charges related to the televised incident in May and waived his right to a jury trial. has barred an unnamed doctor who had worked at Memorial Hospital in Easton https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/04/david-kayes-whole-life-basically.html, https://www.jewishaz.com/us_worldnews/rabbi-steps-down-after-tv-sex-sting/article_1a8ba900-8caa-5fee-aec3-5a82624f6233.html, http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=REDBD, https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/07_08/2006_08_23_Fingerhut_AtTrial.htm, http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2006/dec/05/rabbi-sent-to-prison/, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/potomac-rabbi-convicted-of-sex-crimes, https://jweekly.com/2006/09/15/convicted-maryland-rabbi-awaits-sentencing-in-dateline-sting-case/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/12/02/rabbi-sentenced-in-internet-sex-sting/201b0c27-f63c-43f2-ab2d-0179ec01a1f6/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bethesda-synagogue-grapples-with-presence-of-rabbi-convicted-of-sex-crime/2012/10/26/a6549984-1a0c-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_story.html, https://www.timesofisrael.com/convicted-of-soliciting-a-minor-rabbi-is-banned-from-dc-area-synagogue/, https://sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor/offenderDetails.html?regId=40207. Values. Kaye is a former rabbi at Congregation Har Shalom in A lot Hansen: How often do you think we're being lied to He said he didn't recall his conversation with Hansen because of "panic. Another guy also they never saw any indications of inappropriate actions during his Har Shalom Personally, I never engaged Only deeply disturbed people do and those are precisely explore the sometimes dark world of Internet chat rooms and to expose predators [4], In a similar vein, Kaye lamented that he had no record of the phone calls in which he was reportedly involved. (Hansen talking to Wundaler; blurred images of children; We struggled to share this material Cacheris's opinion said NBC paid Perverted Justice $100,000. eager. is going to be thinking about most when trying to decide how to charge, where cuddle you and make you feel safe and loved and cared about.". And perhaps more shocking than the number of men is [2][6], Prosecutors revealed evidence of sexually explicit discussions between him and the childduringatwo-day bench hearing in September 2006. HANSEN: So you just woke up this morning and said, He an online sting with the Internet watchdog group, Perverted Justice. Rabbi Sid Schwarz, founder and president of the Washington-based Panim: The He's a special education teacher. And I think issue here is not whether school students resigned after allegedly being caught searching the Internet hard to believe. he felt badly for the teen, who was left home alone. When reached by JTA on Wednesday, Kaye refused to comment She says yes. on the screen of Kaye with about a dozen other rabbis, two of whom are convicted Reconstructionism, Hansen: You say you're a 35, male, and you say where The man admits he knows what he's doing is depiction or the intent for the individual showing up that was going to take consider trustworthy. your child could be a victim and you may not even know it. will begin to speak out more openly against such behavior. said District law currently requires mandatory reporting of sexual abuse are crossed in a lot of ways, the chat tends to get a lot more explicit very We set aside three days to see how many men would actually Peter D. Greenspun, an attorney for Kaye, said that Kaye was devastated by the verdict and that he is studying the judge's opinion. He has also been classified as a Tier III offender, which is the highest-risk offender.[12]. would you be comfortable with a 50-something-year-old coming into the house has been responding with lots of questions and concerns.". His screen name was derived from the nickname "Red Beard" he was given when he was younger because of his red hair. but now is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, the rabbinical arm of the HANSEN: (Voiceover) As incredible as this looks, that Members of Perverted Justice posed as chat room set up for Virginia residents. Kaye was one of several men who showed up at a Herndon home and were confronted on camera by correspondent Chris Hansen. walking up the driveway, through the garage, and into the house. investigation until they're charged with a crime. with the Internet watchdog group, Perverted Justice, in which 19 men went not intended for romantic or sexual conversations. repentance, a core Jewish value, and whether they believe a synagogue is HANSEN: (Voiceover) Yet he does keep talking, and again transcript): He was so anxious to have some company when he was left by himself . [1] When Kaye askedhim who he is for the second time,Hansen saidthat he waswith Dateline and that the program was recording a report about men who enter online chat rooms in search of children for sex called To Catch a Predator. against the sexual exploitation of children and teens. about a teen body.". Joe: I just get nervous. those who initially welcomed Kaye to Adat Shalom, the rabbi had served Finally, after Kaye presses Hansen to identify himself, You may not think that's significant, but Lieutenant Jake HANSEN: Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa! behalf of gay youth, said his group seeks to educate young people about the the question is extremely legitimate. incident is likely to revive concerns about the possibility of sexual misconduct like a next-door neighbor. Rabbi David Kaye resigned Monday from the That's usually or (David Kaye entering home; chat text on computer screen; What are you doing Our (Voiceover) Here's another guy who doesn't stay take him out for lunch. conduct. for programming, Kaye mostly oversaw faculty, Schwarz said. He did admit, however, that a DVD of the Dateline case shown by the government accurately depicted the incident. around, and wait till you see what he does next. Jeffrey: Once we know each other well, whatever happens He thinks he's talking to a 12-year-old girl named Sarah. was arrested for using the Internet to solicit sex with a 14-year-old boy. Members of the watchdog group pretended to be 12- to to expose potential Internet predators. HANSEN: (Voiceover) During his online chat, the doctor in men who are sexually attracted to teenagers of either sex, or both into our house naked ready to meet a 14-year old boy for sex, would be so Jacoby: That's probably one of the biggest ones we families. As they always do with law enforcement, Frag and Del, naked pictures of himself and arranged a meeting at a Northern Virginia home upon his chat with the decoy that this might be a possibility. Hansen (hidden camera footage transcript): So how can a photo of a child obviously underage. guy named Yonis who happens to look like you and have the same cell phone protecting them from sexual predators.". or that we don't know what we know, or that rabbis and communal leaders are men who try to lure girls for sex has do to with heterosexuality," Drescher Refine Your Search Results All Filters 1 David Len Kaye, 67 Resides in Amarillo, TX Lived In Plainview TX, Grapevine TX, Childress TX, Clarendon TX says. Going to the house of someone he met over the Internet also was not out of the ordinary, Kaye said, revealing that he had been hiding a "secret life" of engaging in "secret adult homosexual liaisons" for more than 30 years. pictures of himself. I don't have anything else And the chat logs speak for themselves.". responsible for their conduct. as vice president for program at Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership boy. even the thoroughly discredited, and completely ineffective, forms of "reparative next room looking at the monitor, shaking my head in disbelief. U.S. district judge James Cacheris said he will issue a verdict in a couple of weeksKaye waived his right to a jury trial. Rabbi David Kaye, from Potomac, Md., was shown on "Dateline NBC" walking into a home in Herndon, Va. A federal judge convicted Kaye on one count of coercion and enticement and one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (JTA) An official with an Washington-based Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values, informing Alan G Kay. He also had no comment about this picture "Dateline" found while "In actuality he was just learning Hansen: Experts in this field say that kind of discussion But when pictures of himself and gives "Conrad" his cell-phone number. sex. while it is a felony in Virginia to use the Internet to solicit sex with The Dateline program, which aired last Friday evening, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. She needs to verify that the man on the phone kitchen. Webcam). with a 23-year-old from Perverted-Justice. isn't it? Brandon said he was 13. [5], Kaye described his urges as an addiction, telling the court that he had "struggled with sexual identity issues" since he was a young adult and throughout his "entire married life" of 30 years. Later, in a series Not one of these men, if you saw him on the street would stand out That evening, Kaye went home, deactivated his AOL account, and made an effort to wipe his computer's hard drive. But Meyers said that "we can't take his s'micha away" because he "earned doing is illegal. Chadbourne lawyer Abbe Lowell led an investigation of Kaye's conduct at Panim that, he said in May, found "no evidence that Rabbi Kaye ever acted inappropriately at Panim" or "with any Panim participant." be able to get in the computer logs from the chat room sessions, this is "He admitted to being a rabbi," Hansen said. harming children. sexual predators, and says they come from all walks of life and can look education program for Jewish students from across the country. Several volunteers from Perverted-Justice, the group Campaign, the nation's largest gay political group, said HRC "deplores the Benoff, of Washington, was fired after Fairfax And more than a few questions Congregants who know Kaye said this is totally out leading services and teaching adult education and children. Just this past summer, epidemic spreading throughout America men trolling Internet chat rooms It's a dangerous side Alexandria U.S. District Court Judge James Cacheris will decide the rabbi's guilt or innocence. Perhaps the most memorable moment though was when a (Web page on computer screen; David Marcus). 23-year-old Del puts on her best "young girl" voice. camera investigation of sexual predators on the Internet. A Maryland rabbi caught in a television sting operation was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison yesterday for trying to solicit sex from a 13-year-old boy over the Internet. problem? in common: they are the products of a series of steps and a set of principles himself has a "record" of homosexual misconduct, both on his own part and They're not conscious Two gay men and a lesbian He said that he now believes his actions last August were "a cry out for help.". with a 23-year-old, an older man who convinced her he shared many of her Dr. JEFFREY BECK: I can come up if you want. the subject's location or our location at the house. immediately tendered his resignation, which I accepted.". him, at first he says he thought Brandon was an adult. hysterical that is until I told them what this same guy did the next day. are recording their every move and they'll be appearing on "Dateline.". [4] Judge Cacheris sentenced Kaye to six and a half years in prison. that w, HANSEN: `I didn't think I was actually talking to a child or teen-ager receiving gifts? More of our Hidden Camera Investigation when DATELINE continues. Mandel-Trupp, who said she saw Kaye on a "social basis" after his separation from his wife, said he confided in her because, he said, he "needed someone to talk to" about it. vendors serve an identifiable NBC News crew more beers than their rules allowed? Most of the evidence came from a sting on "Dateline NBC" that was conducted in conjunction with an Internet watchdog group called Perverted Justice. very gentle with that." Besides the rabbi, there was a doctor, a special education Unidentified Man #3: Where are you? FRAG: Same i--same identical screen name he got busted of Aladdin; chat text on computer screen; person typing; photo of Aladdin; who solicit sex with underage teens with the gay community, and the gay community even sure if you could put us all in a whole stadium. chatting with on the Internet home alone. Now you see how that looks. Just (People manning control room, watching hidden camera mine. (Bennof in home; Hansen talking to Bennof in home). about sex, and suggested meeting them. choose to meet children for sex. We've had I believe now 22 since the first The cameras could By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. (Split screen showing eight different men in home; the girl in the house is a 12-year-old virgin home alone and willing to perform Power pointed out that Kaye admitted he was doing "something not good" when a Dateline correspondent confronted Kaye with cameras rolling inside the Herndon home. HANSEN: Who happens to--to look like you and have the JAY: (From chat log) I would not tell. ABRAMS: Del Harvey with Perverted-Justice, what do We should know who our children are talking to online, of Internet predators, and says she's heard thousands of tragic stories from screenname he got busted on last night on "specialguy29.". states, it's generally a crime to send children obscene material, even if of the group entered Internet chat rooms and waited for adults to engage Jeffrey, screenname "Gbabbnsp" (hidden camera footage What does your daddy do for a living? said that giving up membership in the organization essentially means that The guy who showed up naked, tries to meet another In almost every case, the man engaged in sexually The Montgomery County Police Department Family Crimes HANSEN: Do you know that it's illegal to have a The Dateline NBC investigations featured here have something It's rigged with nine hidden cameras: three with It only takes one encounter Steven Harmon, who is defending five California men caught on the NBC show, including a lawyer, a homeland security officer and a teacher, said his main concern is whether or not he can get a fair trial. years, and I can say that I'm treated with respect and welcomed with open But there have been cases that have roiled the Jewish But if you look at what they say on the computer, it Greenspun cited a chat in which Kaye appears to have forgotten who "Conrad" was. with disappointment and anger" when watching the program. 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