JNN 10.08.10 Israeli police say there is sufficient evidence to press charges against Rabbi Mordechai Elon in the allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him by former students.

They said that the prominent religious Zionist rabbi should be tried for allegedly committing indecent acts by force against minors.

Elon called the matter a “terrible blood libel, a complaint without foundation,” by a “person whose stability is doubtful,” Ynetnews reported.

The investigation began in February, after Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein received several complaints alleging Elon to having committed sexual offences against young boys that came to him for advice.

Police investigators said that they have talked to a number of people and two boys have agreed to testify that the rabbi had sexually assaulted them between 2005 and 2006 when they were minors.

Elon, 50, was also the host of a popular TV program on the weekly Torah portion and worked to build understanding and cooperation between the religious and secular sectors, The Jerusalem Post reported.