CBS Boston 1/12/12: New England Conservatory Bans Sex Offender Who Recorded Students. The New England Conservatory has banned a videographer who was hired to record rehearsals and performances of preparatory school students over the past decade, despite his record as a registered Level 2 sex offender.
Spokeswoman Karen Schwartzman says the oldest independent music school in the country also disciplined a faculty member who knew about the man’s history and retained him as a vendor.
Schwartzman says the school has no information that the videographer, 60-year-old Peter Benjamin, acted inappropriately on campus.
[Note: Long-time residents may remember Peter Benjamin from years back when he ran a photography business in Wayland Center.]
