Hope Foundation reject ‘tainted’ donation

THE Calcutta-based Hope Foundation was not prepared to accept the €40,000 ordered to be paid to charity by child porn offender Tim Allen.

Although a Hope Foundation spokesperson declined to comment specifically on the case yesterday, it is understood the current directors of the charity felt that accepting the money would be unconscionable.

It would be tainted by association with a man convicted of viewing child pornography over the internet.