BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – A prominent local prep school admitting to a major mistake that allowed a registered sex offender to work around students for a decade.
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According to The Boston Globe, a New England Conservatory spokesperson says freelance videographer and convicted sex offender Peter Benjamin was not given a criminal background check.
In 2010, the school began screening all vendors, volunteers and staff, but Benjamin was never checked. He shot concerts and rehearsals involving children with the youth philharmonic orchestra.
Benjamin spent five years in prison in the 90s, accused of sexually abusing teen boys.
The director of the youth philharmonic orchestra, Benjamin Zander, says he was fired for hiring the videographer, despite knowing about his past.
