UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
February 14, 2018
A Catholic charity has sacked a worker after it emerged he had been accused of sexually exploiting vulnerable people in Haiti while working for Oxfam.
Cafod said it was “unaware” of the claims until contacted this week by the Times, which broke the Oxfam story.
Meanwhile, Sengalese singer Baaba Maal has told BBC Newsnight he is standing down from his role as a global ambassador to Oxfam after six years.
The star said he found the sex abuse claims “disgusting and heartbreaking”.
Describing the allegations as “very sad”, Maal said he was “disassociating” himself from Oxfam “immediately”.
Maal was one of 14 global ambassadors for Oxfam International.
Others include singer Annie Lennox, the band Coldplay, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the model Helena Christensen.
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