73-Year-Old Spiritual Guide Charged with Sexual Assault of Patient in Central Israel

The State Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against Abraham Aburos, a 73-year-old man from central Israel, accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman he treated as a "spiritual guide." Aburos served as a spiritual advisor to the victim's husband and was aware that the couple was unsuccessfully trying to conceive. He claimed that pregnancy could only occur "through the spirit of the fetus passing through him," which would "open her spiritual blockages." During the treatments, Aburos allegedly touched the woman's body inappropriately, inserted his fingers into her genitalia, and on one occasion, unzipped his pants, exposed himself, and rubbed his genitals against her anus despite her resistance. The indictment includes three counts of rape by deception and one count of indecent acts.