While men and women in Hasidic communities typically marry young, marriages are generally not done before the age of 18
A Brooklyn rabbi is under investigation for allegedly arranging marriages between children as young as 15 years old.
The Forward reported Thursday that the New York Police Department and Administration of Child Services are looking into the accusations against Yoel Roth, who runs Yeshiva Tiferes Hatorah in the Williamsburg neighborhood as well as a community in upstate Liberty, where many of the young couples he allegedly has married off now live.
