M. was taken to Berland’s house almost every night during the course of a year and would wait to be called into his office where he would allegedly commit indecent assaults against her.
The rabbi would ... take advantage of the meetings and of his position in the community to engage in sexual acts with women, including minors, according to the charges against him.
Berland was sentenced to 18 months incarceration for his sexual attacks on two women, as well as his instructions to assault the husband of one of the women he sexually assaulted.
