UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
MPs and campaigners have called for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse to continue despite the resignation of Dame Lowell Goddard.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson called for an explanation over why the chairwoman had stepped down.
Campaign groups said a replacement was needed “urgently” after Justice Goddard became the third inquiry head to quit.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the inquiry would continue “without delay” and in the absence of a new chair.
The inquiry was announced in July 2014 to examine claims of abuse made against public and private institutions.
Justice Goddard has not given full reasons for leaving but said conducting such a widespread inquiry was “not an easy task” and “compounding the many difficulties was its legacy of failure which has been very hard to shake off”.
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