Rabbi Given 22-year Sentence In Maryland Sexual Abuse Case

TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- An Ohio rabbi has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse charges in Maryland.

The Baltimore Sun reports that 51-year-old Frederick Karp pleaded guilty last week in Baltimore County Circuit Court last week to sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offense.

Karp was sentenced to a total of 35 years -- with 13 of the years suspended -- and five years of probation upon release.

He was arrested in January after police said he had sexually abused a Baltimore County girl when visiting her family. Dever says authorities discovered there were more victims. Some of the abuse had occurred in the Cleveland area, and prosecutors there agreed to allow Baltimore County to handle prosecution.

Karp formerly worked as a spiritual-living director in Beachwood, Ohio.