The problem here with those who say that R. M. Klein paskens that you are not allowed to give over a molester to the police are misconstruing the psak. In other words the posters here are being mekaleh ponim b’torah shelo k’halacha. We all know the punishment for someone who does this -similiar to a moser. If you read the quote above -he says clearly the reason that molesters aren’t Rodfim is because once fired- end of story. So he brings a reason for his psak. But what implies in this psak that this must be the case -he must be fired and not rehired in other places. The reality is either the yeshiva doesn’t fire him or he gets rehired. Someone once informed me that he was molested in a chasuv yeshiva in NY. The Yeshiva fired him, but they didn’t publicize why. He was rehired somewhere else, out of town, either as a Rebbe or Principal. Right now, he works as a Principal somewhere in NJ. So since these yeshivos don’t stop the Redeefa, there is no way to say that the molester isn’t a Rodef! So R.M. Klein’s psak wouldn’t apply in today’s Yeshiva World!
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