NORTHERN IRELAND
World Bulletin
World Bulletin / News Desk
The largest-ever child abuse inquiry in the UK is due to start on Monday to point out possible systemic failings by the state or its institutions.
The inquiry will be looking into historical institutional abuse between 1922 and 1995 in children’s homes and juvenile justice.
More than 400 people have contacted the inquiry alleging that they were abused. The majority of those that have contacted the inquiry are from Northern Ireland, but there are cases from people who are living elsewhere including Australia.
“I want to assure all those who may be affected by both components of the Inquiry that we will do everything within our power to carry out our tasks in a thorough, rigorous, impartial and sensitive manner without any unavoidable delay,” said Sir Anthony Hart, Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) chairman which runs the probe.
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