Charity Founder Resigns After Alleged Rapes at Africa School

More Than Me Founder Katie Meyler speaks at the 2015 PTTOW! Annual Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on May 7, 2015. Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for PTTOW!

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 chief executive officer Katie Meyler announced her resignation Friday in a message on her Facebook page. The organization 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.