From the Santa Fe New Mexican:
Charles MacKay, who led the Santa Fe Opera for a decade as its general director, was arrested March 21 in Powell, Wyo., after he was accused of propositioning two teenagers for sex, according to the local newspaper.
MacKay, 74, has been charged with four counts of felony sex crimes.
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