UNITED KINGDOM
Boston Herald
AP
LONDON — The British government must make sure an inquiry into decades of child sexual abuse is not derailed by the sudden resignation of its chief, abuse survivors and politicians said Friday.
Lowell Goddard, a judge from New Zealand, quit Thursday — the third chief that the troubled probe has lost since it was announced in 2014. Goddard was chosen to head the inquiry after two previous chairwomen were appointed, and then rejected because of their connections to Britain’s establishment.
Lucy Duckworth, who sits on the inquiry’s panel of victims and survivors, said Goddard’s resignation was frustrating but the inquiry should go on. Labour lawmaker Tom Watson said new Home Secretary Amber Rudd “needs to reassure people that she’s still committed to this inquiry.”
Rudd said the inquiry would continue under a new chief.
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