Conviction Jewish institutions and contexts Hasidic and Haredi communities Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2013

Australia: Yeshivah College staff figure David Cyprys convicted of rape of a student; appeal rejected

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

security and martial-arts figure with unsupervised access at a religious school

Organization

Yeshivah College, Melbourne

Spiritual nexus

The victims were students of the religious school where the defendant's institutional role gave him standing and unsupervised access; the Royal Commission's Case Study 22 examined the community and institutional dynamics that suppressed reporting.

Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2013-12-01 · jury conviction and guilty pleas; appeal rejected

County Court of Victoria; Victorian Court of Appeal. David Cyprys was convicted by a jury of five rape charges against a former student and pleaded guilty to twelve further assault charges against eight other boys aged 7–14, abused 1984–1991 while he ran site security at Yeshivah College. He was sentenced to 8 years with a 5.5-year minimum. The Victorian Court of Appeal rejected his appeal against the rape convictions.

Appellate history

2014 · undefined

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Documented coercion mechanisms

institutional standing and unsupervised access to students at the religious school

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict report 'Cyprys found guilty of child sex crimes', Australian Jewish News (2013).: Reports the jury verdict and guilty pleas.

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