The former cantor of a New York City synagogue was sentenced to 12 years’ probation for sexually abusing his nephew

JTA:

The judge on Tuesday also ordered Howard Nevison, 65, former cantor at Temple Emanu-El, to refrain from all contact with children under age 12.

The attacks took place from 1993 to 1997, while the boy in question was 3 to 7 years old.

Two other family members were previously convicted of molesting the boy.

At the sentencing, the nephew, now 17, called Nevison a “coward” who had robbed him of his trust and happiness. “As a cantor in the Jewish religion, you should know that what you did will not sit well with God,” he said.

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N.Y. cantor avoids prison term for sexual assaults on nephew