Save the Children UK Chief Quits In Latest Blow to Scandal-Hit Charity Sector

Save the Children UK Chief Quits In Latest Blow to Scandal-Hit Charity Sector
A Save The Children sign is pictured outside a high street branch one of its stores in London on Feb. 17, 2018. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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LONDON—The chairman of Save the Children UK has resigned following staff complaints that he wasn’t serious about tackling sexual harassment, the charity said.

Peter Bennett-Jones will leave next month, in the latest blow to the scandal-hit sector,  after investigators upheld complaints about remarks he made during a review of workplace culture at the charity, which has been criticized for its handling of sexual-misconduct reports.