Complainants against psychologist Zichron Yaacov: "Glad we were able to save others"
Mixed feelings flooded patients sexually harmed by Dr. Idan Kosovsky following the indictment filed. M. described a shaky feeling, but expressed hope that "the court will do justice." Another minor, D., had the courage to complain following the release of the case. And stressed: "We stopped him from hurting other children"
Complainants against psychologist Zichron Yaacov: "Glad we were able to save others"
Photo by Shlomi Gabay, Editing: Asaf Drury"We are very pleased that the affair was revealed and we were able to save other minors," said M., one of the complainants against psychologist Dr. Idan Kosovsky of Zichron Yaacov, who was charged with serious child sex offenses he handled. "Feeling as shaky as at first, but I really hope That the court will do the justice, ”he added.
The indictment filed against Kosovsky was said to have "served as an educational psychologist, under which, among other things, he treated minors in a private clinic at his home in Zichron Yaacov. During this, during 2019, he committed indecent acts on two minors who treated him, including touching their limbs."
According to M, "The goal was to reveal the real man and the acts he did and does. The pictures you see now are the face of the real Kosovsky era - not the psychologist and the smiles, this is the sick person and now everyone knows it."
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Complainant M., on charges of child psychologist Idan Kosovsky, Haifa District Court, December 25, 2019 (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)
D., treated by the psychologist, came to complain after the affair was published. He reiterated that "I carried it for years, but with fear and feeling that I have no strength and I alone and there is no obsolescence will come out of it. When I saw on the Internet it flooded me back and I decided I had to gather forces and come too."
On the indictment, he said, "It's a combined feeling. On the one hand, it flooded the sadness and sorrow, and on the other hand, there is a joy that there is a process of doing justice and justice because he paid for the acts he did and stopped doing them. The main reason I went out ".
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To the full article"When I saw the internet, I decided I had to gather forces." Wednesday, today (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)
Complainant D, while indicting child psychologist Idan Kosovsky, Haifa District Court, December 25, 2019 (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)
"It's important that a child is not left alone with an adult," stressed D. "You have to keep an open connection with the children, to know what is going on and if there are things that are unacceptable like touches. For me it started with rude jokes and then moved on to touches. That is how the first signs can be identified."
The new complaints opened the case
Suspicions against Kosovsky initially arose in the South, where they were first arrested on November 1 on suspicion of sexual offenses, including sodomy and sexual contact with children aged 8 to 15, beginning in the 1990s and lasting at least one case for more than 20 years. Some came to the hearing held today in Haifa to see him standing in the defendants' cell, after in Be'er Sheva, after three extensions, he was released when it became clear that there was a statute of limitations for the crimes he was suspected of. He returned to his home where he stayed in restrictive and meanwhile, in the Supreme Court decision, his name was published.
Then new complaints came, this time from his residence in Zichron Yaacov, and he was arrested again on December 2. It is a veteran psychologist, estimated to have had hundreds and possibly thousands of patients over the years, and has also served several local authorities, including the psychological service of the Haifa Municipality's education department. At Leo Beck School in Haifa, he served as a youth psychologist.
A veteran and esteemed psychologist. Kosovsky and one of the complainants (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)
The main complainant in the Kosovsky-era affair on the left and the Kosovsky-era right canvas (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)
