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After Goddard: what the Child Abuse Inquiry must do next
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While current and past child abuse inquiries around the world seem to take the challenges of such large investigations in their stride the UK's Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ('the Inquiry') continues to stumble on the starting block. The reasons for this have been in plain sight for some time - but will the Inquiry listen to reason before it's too late?
Having appointed its fourth Chair (former panel member Professor Alexis Jay) the Inquiry has taken on a very different hue. Professor Jay is the first Chair not to have had any legal or judicial background but will be nestled in among a lawyer-heavy team who have shaped the Inquiry to look and feel like a court of law. This could pose some challenges as Professor Jay may have a view to reshape the Inquiry in the coming weeks - and so she should.
There is no question that the Inquiry should either start afresh or shut down completely as sources quoted by the media have suggested. A UK Inquiry into non-recent child sexual abuse was always going to be a considerable undertaking: after decades...
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