“The man [told Dayan Hool] that she was threatening to take him to court using the coercive control law and he didn't want the expense or bother of fighting this case, so he was willing to give her the get.
“Dayan Hool then said that he told this man to wait because if he gives the get under these circumstances it could be considered forced and the get would not be valid,” the member said.
The source, who did not wish to be named, said it was “absolutely outrageous to hear that he had apparently already stopped a get from going ahead which a man had agreed to give, literally causing the situation of agunah himself.”
A second source who had been in shul at the time confirmed to the JC the accuracy of this report.
Following communal criticism over their stance on religious divorce, the Federation of Synagogues said in a further statement this week it was seeking a “creative” solution in discussions with domestic abuse charity Jewish Women’s Aid and the group GettOutUK.
Dayan Hool failed to comment.
