Peter Yarrow Peter Yarrow Mark Sullivan/Getty Images The Peter, Paul and Mary cofounder was convicted of taking “immoral and improper liberties” with 14-year-old Barbara Winter in 1970.

Peter Yarrow, of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, was convicted in 1970 of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he was over 30. He died earlier this year at age 86.

I saw Yarrow sing for Jewish audiences, and I appreciated it. And somewhere along the way, I learned that Yarrow was convicted in 1970 of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl when he was over 30.

Yarrow’s conviction for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl taints his music, writes the director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network. Like many Americans of my age, I was raised on Peter, Paul ...

Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, has died at age 86.

In 1970, he was convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl in a Washington, D.C., hotel room the year prior. Yarrow spent three months in jail before he was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter in 1981.

Peter Yarrow, an icon of the '60s folk explosion best known for his guitar, vocal, and songwriting contributions to the era-defining trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, has died at the age of 86, his ...

Peter Yarrow, of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86. The group was responsible for songs like "Puff the Magic Dragon." Yarrow's career and political activism were marred ...

Yarrow’s career was overshadowed in 1970 following a conviction for sexual misconduct involving a 14-year-old minor, for which he served three months in prison and was later pardoned in 1981 by ...

(JTA) — Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, died Tuesday ...