Reply To: “Torah World” = Nonexistent

I also believe that in earnest, people in yeshiva administrations simply did not understand the far reaching psychological impact of abuse. It’s not a pasuk in chumash. It’s something the entire world didn’t understand until recently. I’m sure gedolim wouldn’t have approved of it, but to an average Jew, disrupting major mosdos over it seemed like overkill. It was a mistake, but i think it was an innocent one, without the intention to harm victims. The proof is that as awareness spreads, that “sweeping under the rug” is becoming FAR less common.