A Boston-area cantor charged with raping a mentally retarded woman was barred from his synagogue. Robert Shapiro was suspended from his duties as cantor at Temple Beth Am in Randolph, Mass., and prevented from officiating at services or from entering the synagogue, the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass., reported.
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