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Bishop’s Stortford College’s former director of music banned from teaching for life for touching boys

The hearing was told that in June or July 2016, on a Bishop’s Stortford College residential trip to Normandy, on returning from the beach, Andrew Bruce visited the room of two boys and asked them to get naked.

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The hearing was told that in June or July 2016, on a Bishop’s Stortford College residential trip to Normandy, on returning from the beach, Andrew Bruce visited the room of two boys and asked them to get naked.

The hearing was also told that in 2004 Bruce was assisting the Royal School of Church Music during a residential trip to Nottinghamshire. A boy had asked for help during the night. Bruce asked him to remove his clothes and touched him when cleaning.

During the hearing, Bruce showed no remorse for his actions, the report said.