PhotoThe organization that governs gymnastics in the United States said its chairman and several board members had resigned under intense pressure resulting from the molestation case involving a team doctor. The announcement was made Monday, as dozens more young women and girls gave victim-impact statements in a Michigan courtroom. The officials who resigned Monday included the chairman of the board, Paul Parilla; the vice chairman, Jay Binder; and the board’s treasurer, Bitsy Kelley. “We support their decisions to resign at this time,” the gymnastics federation’s president, Kerry Perry, said on Monday in a statement posted on Twitter. Scott Blackmun, the Olympic committee’s chief executive, said in a statement that his organization had been discussing board changes with U.S.A.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2018 18:01 UTC