“She was 14 going on 35, and I never forced her ... I did not represent myself as someone who didn’t sleep with students,” said Marc Gafni, a spiritual leader who was accused of sexually exploiting a 13-year-old girl, among other allegations. Gafni gave a bad and awful interview to The New York Times, published Saturday, that hurts one’s heart to read.


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