UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By PRESS ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHED: 05:33 EST, 8 July 2014
A full public inquiry into institutional sex abuse needs to take place or the whole truth might not come out, the Bishop of Durham has said.
The Right Rev Paul Butler said he believed the country has a problem with this kind of abuse and it is important that victims have their stories heard and they receive justice.
He also acknowledged that the process of investigating such abuse could highlight unpleasant and difficult stories from within the church.
“We’re really pleased there’s been quite a shift and that an inquiry is now taking place,” he said.
“Over a month ago the Archbishop of Canterbury,with support of Cardinal Nichols and the president of the Methodist Church, wrote to the Home Secretary saying a full public inquiry is required into institutional child abuse, which I followed up in the House of Lords a few days ago.
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