[DAWN] The former Oxfam official at the centre of a prostitution scandal admitted to paying for sex at his charity-funded residence during an internal inquiry into the allegations, a report released Monday by the British organization said.The report also said three Oxfam employees physically threatened a witness in the investigation into alleged sexual misconduct in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake there.
The charity fired fired four staff members for gross misconduct and allowed three others, including former country director Roland van Hauwermeiren, to resign over allegations they hired young sex workers.
The 68-year-old Belgian has denied organising orgies or visiting brothels on the Caribbean island, saying he told Oxfam he had engaged in "intimate relations some three times" at his home but did not pay for these liaisons.
A redacted copy of the 2011 report made public by the charity said Van Hauwermeiren offered to resign after admitting to Sherlocks that he had hired sex workers at Oxfam-funded accommodation.
"During the interview the CD admitted to using hookers in his OGB (Oxfam Great Britannia) residence," the report said.