The "Three Weeks" Fraud

Remember how it used to be absolutely unthinkable to talk about sexual abuse in the Orthodox world? And then some people start talking about it. But others told them that it was lashon hara and a chillul Hashem, and nothing was done. Finally, the people reporting it went to the press. And finally it was acknowledged that, yes, it was a very, very serious problem, and the only reason it began to be addressed was because of public exposure and the pressure that it created.

The same thing is happeni...