Rabbi guilty of locking woman in his study and assaulting her

A respected Golders Green rabbi who locked a young woman in his study and assaulted her is facing jail. Chaim Halpern, 68, charged under his English name Aaron, twice sexually assaulted the complainant as she sought ‘Halachic’ advice – religious guidance, at his synagogue. Halpern asked the woman if she ‘had ever had the pleasure of a man bending down on his knees and asking for mercy’. He did not give evidence at his trial and a jury at Harrow…