review of their child protection policy that no one had come forward with any allegations against the Yeshiva Centre, though it later emerged that there had been number of instances where children had come forward to report abuse and nothing was done about the cases. One such instance, a girl was sent to live with an alleged abuser by the rabbinic leadership shortly after it had been revealed that he abused several young boys. The girl involved alleged that the abuser, Daniel Hayman, would walk around the house naked and behave inappropriately around her. When the boy in that case reported the incidents to the leadership of the centre he was told "I do not believe you, you made it all up". In another instance it was alleged that Feldman told an abuse victim "it shouldn't happen, and [you the victim] should take steps to avoid it". Feldman claimed that there were no victims in the Yeshiva centre. When challenged by lawyers who said they were aware of 6 cases, Feldman dismissed them as "hearsay". Feldman responded that the allegations were false and that my consistent position throughout nearly five decades of spiritual leadership of Yeshiva has always been to refer cases of abuse to the appropriate authorities. Feldman and the Yeshiva centre reviewed their child protection policies in 2011, but the Royal Commission called them "unclear". When Feldman was quizzed about the details, he was unaware of the details of the policy and when challenged he agreed that he had "completely dropped the ball". Elsewhere in his testimony Feldman stated that he did not tell police he knew an alleged child sexual abuser was planning to leave the country because he “did not know there was any such obligation". Feldman told the commission the Jewish rules regarding of mesirah, which prohibit Jews from informing on other Jews to civil authorities did not apply in Australia, a democratic country. Feldman said in his testimony that “It breaks my heart to hear of the suffering that victims of abuse and their families have endured. No one should ever have to suffer in any way, shape or form, particularly children, the most treasured members of our society and the ones who need our protection most.” And he continued, “we give you our solemn commitment that absolutely everything in our power is being done and will continue to be done to ensure that