Boro Park resident Fishel Sherman, previously charged with sexual abuse and let free through a diversion program, has been re-arrested for child sexual abuse.
In May of 2014, Boro Park resident, Fishel Sherman, was arrested and charged with two counts of course of sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13. Sherman got about as lucky as a pedophile can get in his case.
After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to 10 years probationand put into a mental health diversion program administered by his judge, Matthew D’Emic. According to Judge D’Emic, this diversion program has a 70 percent success rate.
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Responding to criticism from people who feel lettingpedos free is a risk, D’emic said “I can understand how people might feel that violent criminals should not be given a second chance or a chance to redeem themselves, over 17 years of doing this I feel like that is wrong-headed.
"...and I have seen the success of people and their ability to change their lives.”
Fishel was put front and center in a number of articles about the program, touted by the judge as a success story.
In a segment produced by New Evangelization Television, a Catholic news channel based in New York, Fishel is described as a “graduate” of the program who used to abuse his children, but claims he is a different person today. “No question about it,” says Fishel, “It saved me.
"...I really, desperately needed it, and if they had been any way differently, I wouldn’t have made it.”
In an interview with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sherman said, “This place saved me. When I first came here, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t talk. I was having anxiety attacks non-stop. The judge changed everything. He treated me so great, I couldn’t believe how he treated me.
"...He treated me like I was his son. He was so incredibly devoted to making sure that I would succeed.
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Turns out he has reoffended and is back in court, now facing 2 counts of sexual abuse in the first degree against a minor < 13, 2 counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child < 17, 2 counts of sexual contact with a child < 14, & 2 counts of sexual abuse in the third degree.
Sherman was rearrested and found in violation of his parole in March of this year for an alleged incident in January of this year.
This time around he has a different judge.
One must wonder how Judge D’Emic feels so confident in his supposed 70% success rate if his program includes pedophiles. Recidivism is notoriously hard to track for sexual abusers since rape and sexual abuse are the most underreported crimes.
Lack of a subsequent arrest doesn’t mean someone didn’t reoffend, it just means they haven’t been caught reoffending. Fishel was clearly part of the 30%.
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