Diaspora shocked at Guyanese musician’s paedophilia convictions

George Simmons

Guyanese in the Diaspora have expressed shock and concern at the news that renowned musician and music teacher George Simmons had been convicted of paedophilia several times.

Canada-based Guyanese said they knew Simmons had given piano lessons to several Canadian and Guyanese-Canadian children for 15-odd years or more, but only learnt of his criminal predilection after reading the Stabroek News. Simmons’s fourth conviction, on December 14,