{"id":24565,"date":"2021-11-08T10:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T09:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24565"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T09:19:47","slug":"school-principal-fired-after-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-in-pogradec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/school-principal-fired-after-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-in-pogradec\/","title":{"rendered":"School principal fired after accusations of sexual harassment in Pogradec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The District School Board in Korca, has officially dismissed the principal of an elementary school in Stropcke village, Pogradec. Adriatik Haxhillari is being accused of sexually harassing two 14-year-old girls that were students in the school he directed.<\/p>\n<p>Until all investigations can be finalized, Haxhillari will remain on a suspended leave.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the defendant is expected to show up before court tomorrow, in order to be served his security measure, 3 days after he was taken into custody by the local police.<\/p>\n<p>According to the young students, the sexual misconduct against them had begun around 2 weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Another important detail in the case is the brother of one of the students suffering the alleged abuse, who after discovering the text messages in his sister\u2019s cellphone, confronted the 59-year-old, after which they were caught up in a physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p>After this incident, the families of the two minors pressed charges against the school principal at the District School Board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/19\/1-in-5-women-has-experienced-physical-or-sexual-harassment-in-albania\/\">1 in 5 women has experienced physical or sexual harassment in Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/07\/23\/we-are-one-initiative-president-meta-concrete-steps-to-tackle-child-molesters\/\">\u00a0\u201cWe Are One\u201d movement, President Meta: Concrete steps to tackle child molesters<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/10\/16\/child-sexual-exploitation-report-albania-ranks-lower-than-other-countries-of-the-region\/\">Child sexual exploitation report, Albania ranks lower than other countries of the region<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The District School Board in Korca, has officially dismissed the principal of an elementary school in Stropcke village, Pogradec. Adriatik Haxhillari is being accused of sexually harassing two 14-year-old girls that were students in the school he directed. Until all investigations can be finalized, Haxhillari will remain on a suspended leave. Meanwhile, the defendant is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>School principal fired after accusations of sexual harassment in Pogradec - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/school-principal-fired-after-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-in-pogradec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School principal fired after accusations of sexual harassment in Pogradec - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The District School Board in Korca, has officially dismissed the principal of an elementary school in Stropcke village, Pogradec. 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