A member of Gateshead's Orthodox Jewish community has been cleared of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
Jeremy Bernstein, 37, had been on trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
He was accused of touching the boy inappropriately and forcing him to carry out sex acts between December 1998 and December 2003.
Mr Bernstein, of Whitehall Road, had denied eight charges, including two counts of indecent assault with a male person, indecent assault with a male person of 13 years and indecent assault with a male person of 14 years.