A victim of convicted paedophile Maurice Van Ryn says a legal loophole that prevents victims from receiving compensation from their abusers if they declare bankruptcy needs to be closed.
Edan van Haren was 14 when repeated sexual abuse began in 2010 at the home of Van Ryn, the former Bega Cheese boss, on the far south coast of New South Wales.
“It’s like the age-old saying that if someone in a van gives you candy, don’t go inside,” Mr van Haren said.
“It’s just that his candy was in the form of portraying himself as nice, kind and helpful, but it was all just to fulfil his own urges.
“He groomed everybody, but behind closed doors he was a monster.“
Now aged 29, Edan van Haren is publicly calling for the law changes. (Supplied: Edan van…