Ex-principal charged with 12 counts of indecent assault on three pupils

An 82-year-old former principal and priest yesterday denied 12 counts of indecently assaulting children at Colaiste Chroí Naofa school in Carrignavar around 40 years ago.

Donnacha MacCarthaigh of the Missionaries of Sacred Heart, Western Rd, Cork, was arrested and charged with the indecent assaults yesterday and brought before Cork District Court.

Detective Garda Kevin McCarthy cautioned that he did not have to say anything in response to the charges but that anything he did say would be written down and given in evidence.