(YNET NEWS) -- Israel’s Interior Ministry denied the immigration request of a rabbi from the United States who was convicted of sexually assaulting his pupils, the ministry announced Tuesday.
However, Rabbi Baruch Lanner will be able to remain in Israel for almost a year after being granted temporary residency status earlier this month.
“The interior minister [Ayelet Shaked] clarified this morning that in light of his grave actions, she has no intention of approving his request to receive citizenship after the temporary residency visa he has expires,” a spokesperson for the ministry’s Immigration and Population Authority said.
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