Oxfam Boss Calls Sex Abuse Scandal Reaction 'Out Of Proportion'

The boss of Oxfam boss has said the response to the charity’s sex abuse scandal is “out of proportion” and he “struggles to understand” why.

Mark Goldring told The Guardian the “intensity and ferocity” of the response to the scandal was as if the charity had “murdered babies in their cots”.

The Oxfam GB chief executive also said he had not slept for six nights as the charity reeled from allegations of sex abuse by Oxfam workers in Haiti and a suggestion it covered up claims that staff used prostitutes while delivering aid.

Goldring’s deputy Penny Lawrence has already resigned over the scandal.