ncial mismanagement and sexual resident Ken McGinley blasts: ust be rolling in their graves."

inappropriate sexual comments and lewd gifs referring to women - and me in particular - on multiple occasions between August and No I was also sexually harassed. I wouldn't expect this harassment as CEO or in any other position, and believe that this is wholly due to my gender..."

Ceri also complained to Ed McGrath, BNTVA Chairman, who on viewing the evidence immediately dismissed an individual for sexual harassment

Mr McGrath, 86, a nuclear veteran subsequently retired from his post, together with other board members Those remaining decided to bring in an outside agent to oversee the board’s response to Mrs McDade’s allegations.

The upshot was that Mrs McDade was accused of being a “whistleblower” for going to the Charity Commission. The Board then accused Ceri of “32 misdemeanours” mainly of a financial nature, and demanded she attend a meeting to answer the charges. Ceri who vehemently denies all the charges, was off sick due to stress and anciety at the time, did not attend the meeting

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Effect For Gross Misconduct

The story was given prominent coverage in the Daily Mirror which has been championing the veterans’ cause for 40 years

Ceri in the past made a complaint about the Daily Mirror for alleged inaccuracies in one of its stories to the newspaper regulator IPSO According to the paper the action was subsequently dropped yesterday: “These allegations are completely untrue. I have been publicly grossly maligned to such an extent that I will never be able to get a job again ”

Mr Ken McGinley, President and founder of the British Nuclear Tests Veterans’ Association has now called for the entire Board of the BVNTVA to resign and allow Ceri to continue her contractual obligations until a new Board can be appointed He said: “Ceri is a decent, honest person and it is appalling the way she has been treated. In all my years as chairman of the BNTVA I have never come across anything like this

Nuclear veterans who died after witnessing bomb tests must be rolling in their graves

A spokesperson for the BNTVA admitted lewd communications had been sent to Ceri but insisted there was no malicious intent adding "There was an incident with this cake and the nude man, but we were all just talking together and it was nothing to do with the charity.

“It was just a laugh, a bit of banter ”