Lev Tahor and Ultra Orthodox Jewish Sect

ultra Orthodox Jewish sect: Lev Tahor, which means pure heart, is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect from Quebec made up of about 200 people. The group is led by Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans. , according to CBC. The sudden move came soon after a child welfare agency started a court case against some of the families. Some members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect appear to have fled Canada amid a child abuse scandal that has followed the roughly 40 families from their former home in Quebec to their new community in Chatham-Kent, Ont., and now to Trinidad and Tobago. 1. What is Lev Tahor? The roughly 40 families lived in the Laurentians in Quebec's Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts until November 2013. The families, including about 120 children, left their homes in the middle of one night that month and moved to Chatham-Kent, Ont. Watch Rabbi of the Pure Hearts: Inside Lev Tahor Interactive: Faith on the margins Lev Tahor leader Shlomo Helbrans' refugee case questioned (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.