Look, folks, the truth will eventually prevail... believe me. I have to say I was shocked by these allegations, but in retrospect, and looking back over the decades, and re-thinking all the interactions...

While I support the concept of "innocent until proven guilty," I have to admit the evidence is indeed piling up. As Duck said, nobody WANTS to believe these allegations, but in several private conversations with those more "in the know" than I am, it's beginning to look pretty bad.

Let me emphasize that I have made no 100% conclusion as yet. Like most of the rest of you, I am shaking my head in wonder that, if true, this went on for so long. There is only one REAL conclusion, though: IF (and that's still only an "if") these allegations turn out to be true, then all of us, as a musical community, need to pony up somehow to help the victims.

I'm sorry, but I have ZERO tolerance for child abusers. ZERO! And new victims may continue to come out of the woodwork.

Frankly I am hoping there is a reasonable explanation for all this, and I wish it all would just go away. But that doesn't look real possible right now. All (and I do mean ALL) of my sympathies are with victims and their families. If he is indeed innocent, then a pox upon rumor mongers! But if this all turns out to be true, then Bob became his own judge, jury and executioner. May both he AND his possible victims somehow all find some measure of peace, however difficult that may be.