In January, the special commissioner of investigation for the city's schools, Richard J. Condon, said Walter J. Turnbull, the founder and director of the choir, failed to report the student's allegations of molestation by Mr. Jones, who was convicted on the abuse charges in 2002 and sentenced to two years in prison.
Like a trending topic on Twitter, it's preaching to the choir, it fails to resonate with the wider population, it seems naive.
After learning that a 14-year-old student had been molested by a counselor over a two-year period, Dr. Turnbull, the choir's founder, failed to notify the authorities and allowed the counselor to continue supervising students at the Boys Choir Academy.
The "conventional rock songs" of the album were suffused with dramatic lyrics about patriotism and composition, including the appearance of a gospel choir in the song "Nothing Fails".
On the eve of President-elect Trump's inauguration, Moby today shared a politically-charged video for "Erupt & Matter," off his new album with The Void Pacific Choir, These Systems Are Failing.
Originally titled "Silly Thing", "Nothing Fails" is a love song which has acoustic guitar chords and a gospel choir appearance.
Allow us to be less charitable with our verdict on the music, though, which fails to deviate from the X Factor formula of dousing festive standards (When You Wish Upon a Star; The First Noel) with slushy strings and choirs.
But even supplementary jobs conducting local choirs and coaching at Cambridge failed to bring in an income sufficient to support his wife, son and daughter.
I failed the audition for my school choir, so next stop was the choir of Pembroke College Cambridge, where, I suspect, respect for the faith overrode respect for the notes.
During the course of my life I've failed exams and first-school choir auditions (that one still stings) and high school hockey team try-outs.
