Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, has said he would no longer be a Global Ambassador for the United Kingdom-based aid organisation, Oxfam, after allegations that senior staff members in crisis zones paid for sex among the desperate people the group was meant to serve.
In a statement from his office, the South African former Archbishop said he's
"deeply disappointed by allegations of immorality and possible criminality."
The 86-year-old Tutu rarely makes public statements because of health problems.
Actress Minnie Driver and Senegalese musician Baaba Maal also have quit as celebrity ambassadors for Oxfam following its response to a sex abuse scandal in Haiti after its 2010 earthquake.
● VOA
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