The Director of the Goshen College Symphony orchestra and Associate Professor of Music has been placed on administrative leave.  This, was after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article about Richard Brunson’s departure from a former job he held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point amid accusations of sexual harassment against male students.

According to Goshen College’s student-run newspaper, The Record, Brunson resigned from his position in Wisconsin after an investigation into alleged multiple incidents of inappropriate sexual behavior. He then went on to work in a K-12 public school district in Wisconsin and was placed on leave after the district found out about the nature of his resignation from the university.

The school district wrote Brunson a “neutral letter of recommendation.” After he was hired by Goshen College, last spring, the college requested but was denied documents related to his resignation from the University of Wisconsin, but Brunson had sued the University, preventing their release, The Record reported. The documents were ordered to be made public months later, but the records weren’t sent to Goshen College.

Goshen College was contacted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel late last month, put in a new request for the documents, and received them earlier this week, after placing Brunson on leave. An employee conduct review is now underway, The Record reported.

Read the complete article from The Record HERE.

Read the complete article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel HERE.