Van Turnhout: there are ‘other Glens waiting to be uncovered’

Jillian van Turnhout, the senator who investigated the LGBT charity’s finances, has warned that more cases are likely to come to light in the charity sector

Brian Sheehan, the former executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Net ork Pic: Paul Sharp

The closure of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (Glen) over financial mismanagement and governance issues has been a wake-up call for other charities, according to the senator tasked with compiling a report into its various problems.

There are “other Glens” out there, said Jillian van Turnhout, who last week published a report which found that the LGBT charity was no longer viable given the challenges it was facing. She said she had ...