‘You learned very quickly not to cry’ – scouts who suffered sex abuse by leader Jim Harmon reveal their torment

Eighty-year-old Harmon was a ‘prolific paedophile’ and an ‘evil predator’

Jim Harmon at Ennis Courthouse

Maeve Sheehan

The day before he went to jail for abusing children, Jim Harmon whiled away the time posting trivia on social media.

Whether it was in distraction or denial, the child abuser took to Quora, a question-and-answer forum, with gusto. And the 80-year-old former scoutmaster from Shannon, Co Clare, showed his tetchy side.