A Betrayal of Their Sacred Trust: Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains Who Violate Sexual Boundaries

ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, and certainly in recent years, there has been greater public attention given to rabbis, cantors, and chaplains who violate sexual boundaries. Writers authored a number of articles and books devoted to this subject. In the material below reference is made to some real-life situations because they are well known and covered widely in the secular and Anglo-Jewish press. This article introduces the subject, summarizes several sources published, and then presents resources readily available where one can access further information, learn more, and develop appropriate policy.1 An analysis of the psychosocial basis of this aberrant behavior is not addressed, for several of the sources cited do that well.