UNITED KINGDOM
Premier
Fri 16 Sep 2016
By Alex Williams
The new chairperson of the national inquiry into how the Church, among other UK bodies and institutions, handled child sex abuse has asked that she earns nearly 50 per cent less than her predecessor.
Prof Alexis Jay became the fourth head of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) last month after New Zealand high court judge Dame Lowell Goddard (pictured below) resigned.
The inquiry said: “Professor Jay specifically requested this salary and furthermore did not require the use of a car and driver as provided to the previous Chair.”
While her successor has requested a salary of £185,000 per year, Dame Goddard was paid £355,000 in the last financial year.
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