UNITED KINGDOM
Belfast Telegraph
Westminster ‘paedophile ring’ inquiry in crisis as alleged sex abuse victims threaten to withdraw
BY ROB HASTINGS – 05 DECEMBER 2014
Alleged victims of child sexual abuse have warned Theresa May they will withdraw from the Government’s controversial official inquiry unless major changes are made.
In an open letter to Home Secretary released today, 24 signatories claimed the inquiry as it stands is “not fit for purpose” because of what it is being asked to examine and the proposed chairs.
The inquiry has been bedevilled with problems since it was announced in July. It is yet to find a chair, following the embarrassing resignations of Baroness Butler-Sloss and Fiona Woolf. The problems intensified with yesterday’s written warning from “survivors and associated professionals”.
“We were very much hoping to take up the invitations to engage with your ministerial officers to discuss the child sex abuse inquiry but we regret to say we have to decline,” they said. “We, alongside many survivors, have made numerous representations to you regarding our view that the inquiry as it stands is not fit for purpose.
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