UNITED KINGDOM
ITV
Labour MP Tom Watson has warned that an independent inquiry opening today will have to deal with an “epidemic” of historical child sex abuse.
Watson, who first called for investigations into an alleged Westminster paedophile ring in 2012, said the inquiry must “meticulously” investigate “failures” that contributed to the alleged abuse – not just in public services and child protection systems but also other institutions.
The inquiry will open today in Westminster, with chair Justice Lowell Goddard outlining how evidence will be taken, timescales and areas of public life that will be examined.
Victims’ representatives have complained about delays to the launch of the inquiry, which followed the resignations of two previous chairs, Baroness Butler-Sloss and Fiona Woolf.
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