UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard has been named as the head of a new inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales.
The inquiry will have statutory powers and a new panel, Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons.
Mrs May said she was determined to “expose despicable crimes”.
Since the original child abuse inquiry was set up last July, two chairwomen have resigned amid concerns over their links with the establishment.
Mrs May said Justice Goddard was “as removed as possible from the organisations and institutions that might become the focus of the inquiry”.
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