UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Dame Lowell Goddard, the former head of an inquiry into child sexual abuse, kept panel members at a distance and would rather have worked alone, MPs have heard.
Professor Alexis Jay, her successor, told the Commons Home Affairs Committee that despite this, they tried to make arrangements work.
Dame Lowell Goddard, the inquiry’s third chairwoman, resigned in August.
The inquiry, set up in 2014, has been beset by controversies.
The committee quizzed Prof Jay, who was previously on the panel, and two current panel members about Dame Lowell Goddard’s departure and the inquiry’s progress.
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