UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The judge leading the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales has said she has no links to any person or institution which it might scrutinise.
Justice Lowell Goddard there was not such a thing as an “establishment” in her country, New Zealand.
Claims of paedophiles in Westminster in the 1980s sparked the inquiry.
Two women previously appointed to chair it have quit because of connections to people who held positions of authority.
Judge Goddard promised complete independence when she appeared before MPs on the Home Affairs Committee for a pre-appointment hearing, having been chosen by Home Secretary Theresa May to lead the inquiry.
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