Charity founder resigns over rape allegations

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 the charity's care. More Than Me founder and CEO Katie Meyler announced her resignation on Friday. The organisation confirmed the decision to ProPublica, whose reporting on the rape allegations led Liberian authorities to reopen its investigation and led to Meyler's leave of absence. A report on the News24 site notes that Meyler rejected claims she failed to protect students, but said she recognised her public role as CEO ‘has become a distraction from the critical mission and incredible and proven work of our team’. ProPublica last year reported that former staffer Macintosh Johnson had sexually assaulted students at a More Than Me branch in Monrovia. Johnson died of an AIDS-related illness in jail in 2016