American boy choir sex abuse

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March 29, -- -- The world-renowned Boys Choir of Harlem has been thrilling audiences around the world for more than 30 years. But last month, the choir was evicted from its home in a Harlem public school -- cash-strapped and tarnished by a case of child sexual abuse and an alleged cover-up. The Choir Academy of Harlem was unique. Sean Watts, 18, traveled more than an hour on the subway to attend the school. The school had an unusual arrangement. The choir would gain a home in a public school rent-free, and in exchange, Turnbull would provide first-rate musical instruction to more than inner-city kids. But last month, the choir was locked out from the Choir Academy; its agreement with the city to work in the public school system withdrawn by the Bloomberg administration.

It had been a long time since anyone had identified the Stanford Law School professor that way. But it was true: From to , Lessig had spent his sixth-through-ninth-grade years at the American Boychoir School in Princeton. He is here to make an argument before the Supreme Court of New Jersey. His client, the plaintiff, is his e-mail correspondent.

Presenting his final report on abuses between and the early s, Weber said he had uncovered 67 cases of sexual abuse and cases of other physical violence, with some former singers having fallen victim to both. This more than doubled the reported abuse cases by school clergy and educators Weber had uncovered through interviews by January , when he said victims had spoken of rape, sexual assaults, severe beatings and food deprivation. Weber, who was not able to speak with all former students, said he estimated the true number of victims at around Weber also charged that the Regensburg cardinal, Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, had failed to sufficiently clear up the decades of abuse or engage in dialogue with the victims. He said that 49 alleged perpetrators had been identified, but that they were not expected to face criminal charges as the alleged crimes took place too long ago.