Compassion International defends child protection record after sponsorship program comes under scrutiny

Compassion InternationalCompassion International is defending its child protection record after a former employee alleged the charity failed to act when an AI tool flagged 25,810 suspected grooming cases in sponsor letters.The Colorado Springs-based child sponsorship ministry has since sued the whistleblower, former senior business analyst Andrew Vezey, accusing him of breaching a confidentiality agreement by sharing internal documents with the Roys Report. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 4 in El Paso County District Court, claims Compassion has suffered “severe reputational harm” and lost donors and sponsorships, and is seeking monetary damages. The court granted Compassion a 14-day temporary restraining order barring Vezey from disclosing its confidential information, with a hearing on a preliminary injunction set for Nov.

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