Arts & Culture
Julian Wachner conducts the choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Bang on a Can All-Stars at Lincoln Center in New York in 2014. Wachner, who was dismissed from his position at Trinity in 2022, has been charged with possession of child sex abuse material in Indiana.
Conductor Julian Wachner charged with possession of child sex abuse material
Once a prominent musician in New York City, Wachner was working as a grade school teacher in Indiana. Prosecutors have accused him of possessing sexual abuse imagery of young children.
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