UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Post
BRITAIN’S troubled inquiry into child sex abuse must continue despite the “frustrating” resignation of its third chairwoman, Dame Lowell Goddard, a member of its victims’ panel has said.
Lucy Duckworth, who sits on the Victims and Survivors’ Consultative Panel, said Dame Lowell had done an “incredible job” despite her shock decision to quit citing the independent inquiry’s “legacy of failure”.
Campaign groups and politicians have called for a replacement to be found “urgently” but Ms Duckworth said necessary work to put in place support for victims and survivors has been ongoing and must be allowed to continue.
She told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “It’s not called the Goddard inquiry, it’s the independent inquiry; there are many staff there that are working extremely hard to lay down the infrastructure, which they have done as a foundation.
“We need to make sure that, going forward, survivors that are encouraged to come and share their story with the inquiry are well supported and that is what is taking the time.
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