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Abuse victims identified on select committee website | Abuse victims identified on select committee website |
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Four survivors of child sex abuse say they have received more threats and online abuse after MPs inadvertently published their details online. | |
Their names were placed on the Home Affairs Committee website, but removed the next day after they complained. | Their names were placed on the Home Affairs Committee website, but removed the next day after they complained. |
The document appeared among papers the committee released as part of its probe into how the Home Office has handled the issue of historical child abuse. | The document appeared among papers the committee released as part of its probe into how the Home Office has handled the issue of historical child abuse. |
It was supplied by a member of the government-appointed abuse probe panel. | It was supplied by a member of the government-appointed abuse probe panel. |
But in a statement, the panel said the document was supplied "without permission or knowledge" of seven of the eight members or the inquiry secretariat. | But in a statement, the panel said the document was supplied "without permission or knowledge" of seven of the eight members or the inquiry secretariat. |
In a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May, the victims said they had been left feeling vulnerable and exposed. | In a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May, the victims said they had been left feeling vulnerable and exposed. |
They added that views expressed in the documents by some of the panel members had added to their distress. | They added that views expressed in the documents by some of the panel members had added to their distress. |
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said the row is the latest confrontation in a split between the groups preparing to take part in the abuse inquiry. | BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said the row is the latest confrontation in a split between the groups preparing to take part in the abuse inquiry. |
The home secretary is preparing to announce a new chairman, and the entire format of the inquiry could be reformatted. | |
The names and contact details of victims were released online last week. | The names and contact details of victims were released online last week. |
Several of those named are active on social media but the material also referred to a woman who is not. | |
The Home Affairs Committee said: "The material included directions to panel members about how they should answer questions from the committee, as well as email exchanges between panel members about the panel's external communications strategy. | The Home Affairs Committee said: "The material included directions to panel members about how they should answer questions from the committee, as well as email exchanges between panel members about the panel's external communications strategy. |
"These emails included the names of third parties who were not members of the panel. | |
"At the request of the individuals concerned, and of the panel secretariat, the material has been redacted to remove references to these individuals." |
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