The cantor at New York’s largest Reform synagogue was arrested on charges that he sexually abused a nephew in Pennsylvania. Howard Nevison, 61, of Congregation Emanu-El was arrested Wednesday at his New York apartment after officials in Pennsylvania issued a warrant for his arrest.
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