Rabbi sexually assaulted children at Jewish summer camp

Each plaintiff will be awarded $8,000 in damages and $1 in compensation, in one case for assault and the other for battery.

The multiyear case came about after Krawatsky sued the families of his alleged victims and a writer for defamation in 2018 after their accusations were published in New York Jewish Week. Three of the victims countersued the rabbi, raising their claims of assault and battery.

The victims' lawyer, Jon Little, who worked on the case pro bono, said the verdict was "really a sad reflection on the state of American society.”

On Monday, Little told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that because of the size of the damages the ruling was “devastating”.

“My reaction to the whole verdict is one of sadness”, said Little. “He got to keep his entire retirement savings and he walks away,” the lawyer went on.

Krawatsky’s lawyers told the Daily Mail they would appeal and that the rabbi “has never harmed a child in any way. Ever.”

In the wake of the allegations, Krawatsky was fired from his workplace at a Jewish day school and another job at a synagogue.