Melbourne yeshivah sex abuse victim Manny Waks wins £400,000 in damages from attacker

“He [Waks] describes days where he has a sense of paralysis and is unable to function at any level.

“Presently he contrasts times of being able to be productive giving him a sense of empowerment with other times of feeling futility and turmoil.”

Other victims of abuse at the centre have previously taken legal action against the yeshivah itself, The Guardian reported.

In a Facebook post Mr Waks said: “I’m fully aware that most victims and survivors of child sexual abuse never achieve any justice. I feel blessed and empowered to have managed to hold Cyprys to account — both criminally and civilly — and to hold to account yeshivah civilly for facilitating my abuse, then covering it up and trying to intimidate me and my family due to my pursuit of justice.”

Mr Waks was among a group of former students who reached a settlement with the yeshivah in 2018.

Cyprys was sentenced in 2013 to four years in prison after being convicted of raping a boy and abusing eight others at the yeshivah in the 1980s and early 1990s.

He was released in October 2019 and re-arrested in connection to an alleged historical sexual assualt case in a Sydney suburb.