[Avodah] aveilut for an abuser

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 03:29:49PM +0300, Lisa Liel via Avodah wrote:
: Do the laws of aveilut change at all if a parent sexually abuses a
: child and the parent dies?

I have a friend, slighly different case. The child was not the victim,
and the father's violence was not expressed sexually. He was told by Rav
Reuven Feinstein that he was obligated to sit shiv'ah. But I must confess,
it was far from a somber shiv'ah house. The whole experience was weird.

But I would think that the pesaq in the case you give might not have a
general rule. What may be a piquach nefesh level sanity issue for one
victim might not be for another.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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