Teacher accused of indecent acts against students in northern city Safed |
Charges were filed Wednesday at the Nazareth District Court against Moshe Saada, 65, from the northern city of Safed, on suspicion of multiple sex offenses against seven children he taught at the Pirhe Kehuna school in the city.
According to the charge sheet, Saada carried out the alleged offenses between 2010 and 2026 against children then aged between 9 and 12.
Channel 12 reported that Sadaa was also suspected of having raped one boy.
Prosecutors said he would take children into his classroom, sometimes plying them with candies or games, lock the door, and then perform indecent acts on them. In some cases, he would tell the children to give him a back or shoulder rub and then use their close proximity to carry out the acts.
Some of the children were abused for a prolonged period and were victims of many assaults, prosecutors said. Assaults were also allegedly carried out in the school bathrooms. In some cases, Saada used force to carry out the attacks, according to the........