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Rabbi Bernard Freundel, Who Spied On Women Taking Ritual Baths At DC Synagogue Released From Prison Early Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON, DC (WJZ) -- A former rabbi who secretly videotaped nude women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington has been released early from prison amid the coronavirus pandemic.

68-year-old Bernard Freundel got released Wednesday 551 days earlier than his original sentence.

His sentence has been reduced mostly by repeatedly taking a job training course.

He also got an extra two weeks off his sentence because of coronavirus concerns.

Freundel had been sentenced to over six years in prison in 2015.

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