David Cyprys jailed after rape, sexual assaults
http://images.theage.com.au/2013/09/...1809-300x0.jpgA member of Melbourne's orthodox Jewish community who raped a 15-year-old boy and sexually assaulted eight other boys has been sentenced to spend eight years in jail.
David Samuel Cyprys, 45, was a security guard, locksmith and leader of young people at the Yeshivah Centre and College in St Kilda East when he raped the boy five times between 1990 and 1991.
While a member of the Yeshivah community he also molested eight boys as young as seven over an eight-year period.
Cyprys was found guilty of five counts of rape at a trial in August and then pleaded guilty to a further 12 charges, including five counts of indecent assault and four of procuring an act of gross indecency.
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County Court judge Peter Wischusen on Friday ordered Cyprys serve five-and-a-half years before he is eligible for parole.
Judge Wischusen said the nine victims had experienced significant and long-lasting damage as a result of Cyprys' offending, "particularly in the children's perception that you were in a position of respect and authority".
Cyprys, dressed in a black suit and tie, showed no emotion as he was sentenced and did not look at his wife or three supporters as he was led from court.
His wife began crying as Judge Wischusen began reading the sentence.
Judge Wischusen said Cyprys had preyed on the 15-year-old boy, who was living away from his family and was taken to one of the of the centre's bathing houses and raped.
The judge said he was satisfied Cyprys also threatened violence against the boy's family if he told of the rapes, although the jury acquitted Cyprys of one charge of common assault.
The court heard Cyprys also sexually abused other boys in the centre's bathing house and on camps, and also paid youngsters money for them to expose themselves.
One of the victims, Manny Waks, was given permission by the court to identify himself as a victim of sexual abuse.
