A former school principal described by a judge as “a sexual predator” who abused young boys in their “formative years” has been jailed for four years. This fourth set of prosecutions brings to 89 his number of convictions for sexual or indecent assaults of young boys. The eight victims in this case brings to 32 the number of boys abused by Harte. Judge Baxter said Harte was “in a trusted position” and “he exploited his position to abuse” the children. Judge Baxter imposed various different sentences and ordered that all of those sentences should be concurrent to each other.

Source: Irish Examiner March 18, 2026 18:48 UTC