The victims thought that his spiritual connections to God, assuming he has any, would be enough to heal. Berland had them pay lots of money and stop all medical treatments and only take a pill that he gave - a "pill" that turned out to be a Mentos candy.
It seems the arrest was made after a couple hundred people testified against him during the investigation.
I hope he will be found guilty and put away for long enough to not hurt any more people. Unfortunately, like last time, our Minister of Health will probably work his magic once again to get him released to "house arrest" due to his "seriously deteriorating health"...
Berland and his goons are predators and need to be stopped.
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Agreed. Also, glad you left off the title "Rabbi", as opposed to YW News. But (and I am NOT defending this monster) I think its a symptom of our larger culture, monetizing everything from yeshuos to sheduchim. The frum community has made "pay to pray" mainstream, so why wouldn't you expect to see fanatics and crazys, and crooks who seek to capitalize on them? Once again, we are our own worst enemy.
ReplyDeleteas bad as those are, what he did is much worse. preying on desperate people telling them not go to the doctors anymore, cancel the chemo treatments, stop taking medicines, and that he would heal them if they just pay the thousands of shekels pidyon
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Just wish that the pay for pray, pay for everything would stop. Would put a dent in fanaticism, IMHO. Like early intervention.
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