Woman Who Uncovered Sexual Abuse at Swiss Charity Faces Charges
March 5, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
A British teacher is facing up to six months in jail after being convicted of defamation for comments she made 10 years ago when she and her husband alleged sexual abuse at a Swiss children’s charity in Ethiopia, reports the Associated Press.
Jill Campbell and her husband, Gary Campbell, compiled evidence in 1999 that helped convict David Christie, the director of an Ethiopian orphanage run by Terre Des Hommes-Lausanne, a Swiss charity.
While the charity acknowledged that such abuse took place, it succeeded in bringing a defamation case against the Campbells for their claims that the charity’s senior staff covered up the scandal. Ms. Campbell will be sentenced on Friday.
The abuse scandal prompted the charity to apologize and leave Ethiopia, and in 2003 an Ethiopian court sentenced Mr. Christie to nine years of hard labor for abusing several young boys.
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