Yeshivah University is facing a $380 million lawsuit over allegations of a cover-up of sexual misconduct.
Nineteen former students filed the lawsuit against the Manhattan university on Monday.
Publications have released the names of two former members of staff, Rabbi George Finkelstein and Rabbi Macy Gordon, who been accused of inappropriate behaviour with their students. Both men have denied the charges.
According to the Forward, the lawsuit alleges a “massive cover-up of the sexual abuse of [high school] students… facilitated, for several decades, by various prominent YU and [high school] administrators, trustees, directors, and other faculty members.”
