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Kid-sex rap on LI rabbi

WEST HEMPSTEAD — A rabbi has been arraigned on charges he molested a 10-year-old religion student on Long Island.

Fifty-six-year-old Gary Lieberman, of Far Rockaway, pleaded not guilty in Nassau County on Friday to two counts of sexual abuse.

An official at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau notified police about the allegations this year. Lieberman was arrested Thursday.

Hebrew Academy officials said they are cooperating with the investigation.

Lieberman’s attorney, Alexander Novak, said he could not comment in detail.

Police say the alleged abuse occurred between November 2009 and May 2010. Lieberman’s employment at the academy in West Hempstead was terminated in August 2010. But police say he may have continued teaching at other private religious schools.

They’re asking any other possible victims to notify the Nassau County Police Special Victims Squad.