SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
Stephen Naysmith / Tuesday 22 March 2016
Education secretary Angela Constance has had another ill-tempered meeting with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, as the Scottish Government’s inquiry into historic abuse prepares to take another step forward.
The chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, Susan O’ Brien QC will today [Weds] launch her first formal call for evidence.
However the latest step in the inquiry, which will take four years and cost an unknown amount, takes place against an acrimonious backdrop of concerns from some abuse survivors about its scope.
Meanwhile, the unrelated legal issue of whether people can take civil action against the institutions or individuals who abused them is not part of the inquiry but is also causing tension.
Survivor group representatives met with Angela Constance on Monday, calling for the government to honour a commitment to seek an equable solution for any victim who was abused prior to 1964.
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