A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that an Orthodox rabbi’s adult children must testify against him before a Newark grand jury in a criminal investigation believed to involve financial impropriety. The family, which is anonymous under grand jury secrecy laws, appealed a judge’s decision to force the children to testify. The family had cited Jewish law, which prevents children or parents from testifying against one another.
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