SCOTLAND
The National
KATHLEEN NUTT
A THIRD member of a campaign group that has been fighting for a judge-led statutory inquiry into historical abuse of children has died while waiting for the inquiry to get under way.
The 34-year-old man, who had been abused as a child, took his own life earlier this month after a failed legal battle.
The sad news emerged as, in a separate development, The National can reveal a key announcement initially planned for the end of April regarding the inquiry has been beset by a further delay.
Ministers put back a statement last month until after the General Election with the indication it would be made in the Scottish Parliament by the end of May.
But last night it emerged it will not be made until later, and no definite date has been set.
Alan Draper, parliamentary liaison officer for In Care Abuse Survivors (Incas), said the longer the delay continued, the more survivors began to suspect they would not agree with some of the terms of reference of the inquiry.
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