CHILD Abuse Inquiry in Crisis after Judge Quits

By Sean O'Neill
The Times
August 4, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/child-abuse-inquiry-in-crisis-after-judge-quits-r5fgx26kk

Dame Lowell Goddard stepped down within hours of revelations made by The Times that she had spent three months of her first year in the job either on holiday or overseas

The huge British public inquiry into child abuse was thrown into disarray last night when the judge in charge of it resigned from her post.

Dame Lowell Goddard stepped down within hours of revelations made by The Times that she had spent three months of her first year in the job either on holiday or overseas, primarily in New Zealand, her home country.

Her resignation raises questions about the scale of an inquiry that stretches back to cover more than 60 years, examines dozens of institutions, and is expected to run for at least a decade at a cost of…