Ex-primary school teacher jailed over sexual assaults

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Patrick Harte from Templeogue in Dublin, was found guilty last March of the abuse of seven boys at a primary school between September 1968 and September 1970

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A retired primary school teacher who indecently assaulted his pupils in his classroom in Dublin five decades ago has been jailed for three years.

Patrick Harte of Glendown Park, Templeogue, Dublin, was found guilty last March of the abuse of seven primary school boys at Synge Street between September 1968 and September 1970. The 78-year-old denied the charges and claimed in a speech to the court the State had "validated" his teaching at the time and could not now "invalidate it".

Judge Martin Nolan said today that Harte had breached his position of trust and his behaviour was particularly reprehensible

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