"Every one of the messages came out of fear from us, " says Ms. Vigil, who works as a counselor at a community college.

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Friday isn't usually a busy day at the school's mall campus, Ben Kramer, an activities counselor for the community college, told The Roanoke Times.

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School counselor Fran Drake says the community has started a program to send home backpacks of food so children won't be hungry over the weekend.

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Prosecutors portrayed Mr. Weberman as an unlicensed counselor who used his position in the community to gain access to young women deemed problems for violating the community's modesty rules.

WSJ: 103 Years in Orthodox Sexual Abuse Case

The arrest of Yoel Malik, 33, of Brooklyn comes amid mounting pressure to report allegations of abuse within the insular, secretive community, the largest outside Israel, and barely a week after a respected religious counselor in the same sect was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl.

WSJ: NY religious school rabbi faces sex abuse charges

The accusations come amid mounting pressure to report allegations of abuse within the insular, secretive community, the largest outside Israel, and were reported barely a week after a respected religious counselor in the same sect was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl.

WSJ: NY religious school rabbi suspected of sex abuse