Patrick Harte convicted of indecent assault in Dublin

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Patrick Harte was convicted of 11 counts of indecent assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 16 March 2020. The offences concerned seven complainants at the Sancta Maria Christian Brothers school on Synge Street, Dublin, between September 1968 and September 1970.

The jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts by majority, with two jurors dissenting. Harte, who had denied the allegations, was remanded on continuing bail to appear for sentence on 27 April 2020.