An American woman who established a charity to help vulnerable girls in Liberia has resigned six months after taking a leave of absence in the wake of allegations that a local staffer raped several girls in its care
FILE - This Oct 12, 2018 file photo shows the More Than Me Academy in Monrovia, Liberia. On Friday, April 19, 2019, Katie Meyler, who established the charity to help vulnerable girls in Liberia, announced her resignation in the wake of allegations that a staffer raped several girls in its care. It comes six months after she had taken a leave of absence.
In her resignation message, Meyler rejected claims she failed to protect students, but said she recognized her public role as CEO has become a distraction from the critical mission and incredible and proven work of our team. Meyler said on Facebook that she learned about the alleged rapes in June 2014 and immediately ensured the perpetrator was reported to the Liberian authorities.
Johnson had AIDS and died in jail in 2016 while awaiting trial. ProPublica reported that Meyler and Johnson were once in a romantic relationship., Bill Gates and others. In 2014, Time magazine recognized her as one of the Ebola fighters it named as Person of the Year.
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