NEW YORK — A Hasidic rabbi and three of his sons are suspected of sexually abusing at least four female relatives, after the rabbi’s eldest alleged victim — his daughter — confided in a co-worker at a Jewish school, police said yesterday.

The 58-year-old father and his 21-year-old son fled to Israel two days ago and are wanted for questioning in the case, police said.

Two other sons, a 24-year-old and a 15-year-old, were arrested on sexual abuse and rape charges. It was unclear whether they had attorneys, and a message left at the home wasn’t immediately returned.

The suspects’ names are being withheld by the Associated Press to avoid identification of victims.

Police said the alleged abuse came to light after the oldest victim, now 20, who worked as a teacher’s aide at a yeshiva in Brooklyn, told a teacher there she had been abused. Authorities believe she was assaulted by her father repeatedly for 15 years. The other alleged victims range in age from 8 to 19, and investigators believe the abuse was also repeated.

Police said the father is suspected of abusing at least two of his daughters. The brothers were accused of rape and other crimes for allegedly abusing their sisters. The youngest suspect was accused of sexually assaulting the 8-year-old.

The family lived in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Midwood in a two-story frame house. The father and mother, who are first cousins, had 14 children, police said. All but two live in the home.

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