An 81-year-old member of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary has been disinvited from a music festival to be held in upstate New York this fall over his 1970 jail sentence for taking “indecent liberties” with a 14-year-old girl, the festival board announced Tuesday. Peter Yarrow -- whose offense was later pardoned by former President Jimmy Carter -- was removed from the lineup at the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival. Former President Carter pardoned Yarrow in 1981 the day before Ronald Reagan succeeded him in the Oval Office. Peter, Paul and Mary mingled their music with liberal politics, both onstage and off. The Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival board will announce a performer to replace Yarrow at a later date.

Source: Fox News July 04, 2019 10:41 UTC