A 64-year-old rabbi has been charged with forcing a 13-year-old girl into having sex with him by exploiting his authority and using “mystical threats” to intimidate her

The defendant, named as Rabbi David Ben-Haham Hafuta, has been arrested and is charged with carrying out sexual acts on three occasions with the girl, after telling her that she had to “repair her sins” and that she would be “the mother of the messiah.” The defendant is a local community rabbi and is a well known local figure. He threatened the minor with mystical threats, telling her that if she did not carry out his orders, her mother would die – and that if she told others about his acts, she would suffer a heart attack.