A Washington, D.C. rabbi charged with secretly videotaping women during their ritual baths has been fired by his synagogue, the synagogue's board said on Monday. Modern Orthodox Rabbi Barry Freundel had his contract terminated by the Kesher Israel synagogue's board of directors. Freundel had been suspended without pay since his arrest in October. Freundel has been asked to leave the synagogue's residence by Jan. 1. He has pleaded not guilty in District of Columbia Superior Court to six counts of voyeurism, a misdemeanor, after police found a clock radio with a hidden camera in a ritual bath area known as a mikveh. Freundel faces a hearing next month. His congregation in Washington's upscale Georgetown neighborhood has included Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.
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The allegations against Freundel "breached the high moral and ethical standards we set for ourselves and for our leadership," the board said in a statement.
Washington rabbi charged with voyeurism fired by synagogue
The allegations against Modern Orthodox Rabbi Barry Freundel "breached the high moral and ethical standards we set for ourselves and for our leadership," Kesher Israel synagogue board says in statement.
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