MSF reveals sex abuse cases as Oxfam scandal widens

Swedish former aid worker Amira Malik Miller told the humanitarian news agency IRIN that she had made a complaint about him in 2004 when she was working alongside him in Liberia.

When she saw an initial report about Van Hauwermeiren in The Times newspaper last week, she remembered thinking: “Oh my God, he’s been doing this for 14 years.”

“He just goes around the system… from Liberia to Chad, to Haiti, to Bangladesh. Someone should have checked properly,” Malik Miller was quoted as saying.

Oxfam confirmed reports late Wednesday that another Haiti country director, Damien Berrendorf, was dismissed in 2017 after five years in the post.

“The dismissal was not related to sexual misconduct and was not connected to the case in 2011, however, there were allegations of inappropriate behaviour,” an Oxfam spokeswoman said.

– Actress ‘devastated’ by response –

Oxfam’s internal investigation into the use of prostitutes in Haiti led to the dismissal of four employees and three others being allowed to resign, including Van Hauwermeiren.

“They let perpetrators go. They did not inform donors, their regulator or prosecuting authorities,” Mordaunt said.

“It was not just the processes and procedures of that organisation that were lacking but moral leadership.”

CAFOD said Wednesday it had fired an employee after learning he was involved in the Haiti scandal.

He was hired in 2014 and provided two references, including one sent from a private email account by someone who said they had been his manager at Oxfam.

“We requested and yesterday received a reference from Oxfam GB headquarters which confirmed the allegations against him,” CAFOD director Chris Bain said in a statement.

British actress Minnie Driver quit her role as an Oxfam ambassador late Tuesday, saying she was “devastated” by the charity’s response to the scandal.

Several sponsors and partners of Oxfam including Visa and the retail chain Marks and Spencer have also said they are examining the situation.