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The organization released a statement in which it promised to “appoint a woman (or group of women) to serve as ombudsman to receive any concerns of female candidates to conversion” and to “appoint a commission composed of rabbis, lay leaders and mental health professionals (including men and women) to review the current [Geirus Protocol and Standards] conversion process and suggest safeguards against possible abuses.”
For these two programs to effectively protect the safety of the public, the ombudsman and the commission must be allowed to operate independently. The RCA must recommit itself to not overstepping its mandate. And it must encourage reporting of any suspected abuse to the proper investigative authorities.
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