In early June, the Danish newspaper Politiken published an article in which twelve former members of the Danish Radio Girls' Choir testified about a sexualised environment in the choir between the years 2001 to 2010.

Chief conductor during the current period was Malmö Opera's current director Michael Bojesen.

After the revelation, Bojesen took time out from his assignment at the opera and chose to resign from the assignment as chairman of Denmark's largest art fund, the Statens Kunstfond.

- He has taken this very hard.

He was extremely responsible during that period, so he takes full responsibility for the work environment in the girls' choir, said Torgny Nilsson, press officer at Malmö Opera, to SVT.

Since June 17, Bojesen is back in office and Malmö Opera's board has expressed its full confidence in him.

"Children kissed"

Now more women are testifying about experienced harassment and psychological abuse even before Bojesen's time.

The girls' choir's former chief conductor, who led the choir between 1965-2000, was singled out as the perpetrator.

- Children kissed, their breasts were touched.

There were adults around the choir who just watched, Susanne Elmark, today known opera singer who was a member of the choir 1978-1984, tells DR Nyheter.

Another woman tells Ekstra bladet about constant outbursts of anger from the former chief conductor.

About how he pinched her nipples and mocked her weight.

- It was a terrorist regime.

It was psychological violence, bullying and they were "made invisible", she says.

The women also tell about how he often joked about semen in front of them and arranged parties with alcohol even though some of the choir singers were under 16 years old, which is the age limit for alcohol use in Denmark.

DR boss: "Deeply regrettable"

The former chief conductor was fired from his job in 2000 after some parents sounded the alarm.

Despite this, he was thanked with a farewell concert, speech and the award as honorary conductor for the choir, writes DR News.

He died later that year.

DR's current director general Maria Rørby Rønn says that the content of the testimonies that have emerged is "deeply regrettable".

- It does not matter that it took place so many years ago.

The behavior is unacceptable today, and it was then too, she says and at the same time admits that DR's management made a mistake when they did not act on previous information about misconduct, she tells DR News.

Denmark's radio has launched a legal investigation that will hear former members and people around the choir to get to the bottom of what happened.