Ephraim Padwa

Rabbi Ephraim Padwa (born 1940) is a senior Haredi rabbi in London. He is rabbinical head of the Stamford Hill-based Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations. Padwa is an internationally regarded posek who was listed by "The Jewish Chronicle" as the 13th most influential Jew in Britain.
In 2005 Padwa was filmed by the Channel 4 TV programme "Dispatches", telling an alleged abuse victim not to report his abuser to the police, citing the "halachic" prohibition of "mesirah". Subsequently, a spokesman for Padwa doubted the credibility of the alleged victim, claiming the allegations had already been dismissed by social services as "malicious".