Search for doubly charged Higgs particles with the OPAL detector The OPAL data sets at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 202 GeV have been searched for evidence of the reaction e +e- -> H++ H--, followed by the decays H++ -> tau++. No evidence for doubly charged higgs production is observed. Monte Carlo simulations show that the detection efficiencies for four tau lepton events from H++ H-- vary from 23% to 30% in the H++ mass range from 45 to 101 GeV A mass limit on the doubly charged Higgs particle has been derived. Parallel session :11 Plenary session :7a