Former school worker jailed for sexually abusing 19 boys (opens original article in a new tab)

A former school worker in Northern Ireland has been jailed for sexually abusing 19 boys over 25 years, with many victims detailing long-term trauma from the abuse.

• Patrick Sharkey, 83, jailed for six and a half years for historic child sex offences
• Sharkey admitted to 132 charges between 1970s and 1990s at St Joseph's High School
• Victims described years of mental and emotional trauma from abuse during canoeing trips