in february 2015 the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse heard rabbi yossi feldman testify, where he stated that he "was not aware it was illegal to touch a child's genitals". feldman told the commission that he did not find it necessary for victims to report sexual abuse to the police if offences took place decades prior. he proposed that the law be lenient on sexual predators who had not committed any sexual abuse for two decades if they had repented. his comments outraged the australian jewish community, and victims of sexual harassment called for him to stand down. rabbi yossi feldman stood down from his administrative positions at the yeshiva centre.