Monsey Rabbi Gets 3 Years For Taking Part In Strange Divorce Ring

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Martin Wolmark, 57, will spend three years behind bars for being part of a ring that coerced religious divorces from men using intimidating and violent tactics, lohud.com reports.

A religious divorce, known as a get, is required by Jewish law to make it official. Wolmark had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion, lohud.com reports. The leader of the ring was Rabbi Mendel Epstein, 70, of Lakewood. He is being sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 21 lohud.com says.

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