Monday, May 28, 2012  Memo to Rav Salomon  Last week there was a
massive gathering of mostly Charedi and Chasidic Jews. The issue
was the dangers of the internet.  It was strongly promoted by
Lakewood Mashgiach, Rav Matisyahu Salomon who considers this
issue one the biggest challenges ever faced by the Torah world.
Across the street there was a much smaller gathering of sex
abuse victims and their supporters. Their message was that sex
abuse was a far greater problem and that it has as of yet not
been fully addressed. Certainly not in the way the dangers of
the internet has been addressed.  Wouldn’t it be nice if it were
tackled in the same way, with the same fervor as the dangers of
the internet are? There are more than a few Charedim who might
think so. One of them might very well be Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
who wrote the following post on his website. It follows unedited
in its entirety.  Tuesday evening, a charming and sincere young
man who is a survivor of childhood abuse shared with me that he
had driven s