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Abuse Inquiry Chief Targets ‘dark Institutional Failings’

By Sean O’Neill
The Times
November 19, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/abuse-inquiry-chief-targets-dark-institutional-failings-zrctw9b8s

Alexis Jay said that she would fight for the future of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

The chairwoman of the inquiry into historical sex abuse has hit back at critics and said that some forces did not want “dark institutional failings brought into the light”.

Writing in The Times, Alexis Jay said that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) had a duty to shine a light on the failures that led to so many being abused and exploited.

Professor Jay, who was praised for her investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, added: “I have fought for this inquiry — for its independence, its reputation and its vital capacity to right a terrible wrong — since it opened, and I don’t intend to stop fighting for it now.”

Her vow to continue with the IICSA’s work followed the decision…

 

 

 

 

 




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