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New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard to lead abuse inquiry | |
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New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard has been named by the home secretary as the new head of the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales. | |
She is a High Court judge and a "highly respected member of the judiciary", the Home Office said. | |
Home Secretary Theresa May's two previous choices quit amid concerns over their establishment links. | |
The inquiry, set up in July, was sparked by claims of paedophiles operating in Westminster in the 1980s. | |
It will investigate whether "public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse in England and Wales". | |
Baroness Butler-Sloss, Mrs May's first choice as inquiry chair resigned a week after it was set up. She faced calls to quit because her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s. | Baroness Butler-Sloss, Mrs May's first choice as inquiry chair resigned a week after it was set up. She faced calls to quit because her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s. |
Her replacement, Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf, stood down on 31 October amid questions over her links to former Home Secretary Lord Brittan. | Her replacement, Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf, stood down on 31 October amid questions over her links to former Home Secretary Lord Brittan. |
Mrs May met abuse victims and representatives earlier in what Peter McKelvie, a former child protection manager, called a "very positive" discussion about the new-look inquiry. | |
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