Rabbi accused of flying to Ireland to perform illegal circumcision on young boy refused bail

Gardaí found accused in Dublin house where very young child was naked on a changing pad and established a circumcision had already been carried out on another boy, court heard

Accused was arrested and charged at Blanchardstown Garda Station, court told

A London-based rabbi accused of travelling to Ireland to perform an illegal circumcision on a young child has been refused bail.

Jonathan Abraham, 47, was arrested in Dublin on Tuesday and is charged with carrying out a surgical procedure — male circumcision on a child — without being a registered medical practitioner, at an address in Dublin 15.