Guy Norman Hartcher, 79, was arrested in December 2024 after attempting to solicit sex from underage individuals online, including an undercover officer posing as a teen. The former priest pleaded guilty to child abuse material charges and attempting to procure children for sex, with court documents revealing his depraved online activity throughout 2024.
Guy Norman Hartcher, 79, was picked up by police on December 23, 2024 after trying to procure sex from three individuals claiming to be underage online.
Guy Norman Hartcher did not answer questions as he pushed his way through waiting journalists outside the court. One of these was an undercover officer who had been messaging the ex-priest through Telegram for weeks posing as a teen named Ben.
's west thinking he was going to meet the young victim. Video shows sex crimes squad detectives handcuffing the now 79-year-old outside a South Asian minimart. The former Vincentian priest in March pleaded guilty to a slew of child abuse material charges and attempting to procure children for sex. Agreed facts tendered in the NSW District Court and seen by AAP today delve into the depravity of the 79-year-old's online activity throughout 2024.
"There is no such thing as too young," he told one user he shared child abuse material with in November of that year. His online discussions with "Ben" involved topics such as sexual intercourse, masturbation and his own sexual experience.
"Way older but interested in talking sexy and being your guide to sex as much as you want. "Hartcher tried to solicit sex from two other users claiming they were teenage girls on the Zangi app, offering them Apple gift cards in exchange for images. He told one user claiming to be 15-years-old that he wanted to be her "dirty daddy" and discussed meeting up on Christmas Eve for sex.
In chats with someone else he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, he used the love heart and eggplant emojis. The former priest asked how the girl had not yet been sexually assaulted by her uncle, father, teacher, or classmate's dad. In chatting with another 14-year-old, he mentioned how he loved the "little girl cuddly toy" on her bed. Hartcher shared explicit child abuse images and videos, including AI-generated material, with six others through Telegram.
He boasted about being able to train young girls so they became attached and ready for sex, telling one user he could share this knowledge.
"I had one I raised and trained a few years ago but when she finished school I encouraged her to get a boyfriend. " He also claimed a naked teenage boy he raped in some changerooms while on holiday in Fiji had yelled and tried to escape before settling down.
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