UNITED KINGDOM
Channel 4
Opening the long-awaited inquiry into child sexual abuse, Judge Lowell Goddard pledges that “no matter how powerful”, no-one will be allowed to obstruct inquiries.
Admitting that the task ahead was “daunting”, Justice Goddard pledged that the inquiry panel would travel “from the corridors of Westminster to the poorest children’s homes in the country” to investigate historic abuse.
Promising to bring forward recommendations for future best practise, Justice Goddard said the inquiry would report “as soon as possible”, but acknowledged that its broad scope meant the inquiry would take time.
The inquiry will also investigate local authorities, the police, the crown prosecution service, the NHS, the media and the armed forces, and Justice Goddard vowed that “no-one, no matter how powerful, will be allowed to obstruct our inquiries into institutional failings” adding that “no-one will have immunity from scrutiny by virtue of their position.”
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