Sex inquiry team questioned over Goddard fiasco

By Sean O’neill, Andrew Norfolk
Times
October 17, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sex-inquiry-team-questioned-over-goddard-fiasco-93pcq23jt

Dame Lowell Goddard’s resignation came after months of concerns among senior figures at the inquiry about the chairwoman’s conduct and professional competence Photo by PETER BYRNE

Three senior figures at the national child abuse inquiry will be questioned by MPs tomorrow about the collapse of their working relationship with Dame Lowell Goddard, its former chairwoman.

Alexis Jay, Ivor Frank and Drusilla Sharpling were members of the inquiry’s panel of experts when Dame Lowell abruptly resigned from the inquiry in August.

They are understood to have been among a group of officials who reported their concerns about the New Zealand judge’s conduct at a secret meeting with Mark Sedwill, the Home Office’s top civil servant, on July 29.