London — Britain warned on Wednesday it would cut ties with foreign aid charities that cover up sex scandals after revelations involving Oxfam, which has seen a spate in cancellations of donations. "Unless you report every serious incident or allegation, no matter how damaging to your reputation, we cannot be partners," Britain’s International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt told a conference in Stockholm, according to extracts of her speech released by her ministry. "The same message goes out to any organisation or partner which receives UK aid. We want procedures to change. We want leaders to lead with moral authority and we want staff to be held accountable," she said. Mordaunt called allegations about the use of prostitutes by some Oxfam staff in Haiti in 2011 "horrifying". Oxfam has denied covering up the scandal but admitted it should have been more transparent. Sexual exploitation "Sexual abuse and exploitation is an issue the entire development sector needs to confront,...
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