UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Ex-child protection officer Peter McKelvie has resigned as an advisor to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), the inquiry says.
Mr McKelvie said he left after being told he may be required as a witness during the inquiry’s investigations.
His information had led to Labour MP Tom Watson raising concerns over whether a minister had links to a past paedophile ring.
It was later reported that the police had found no evidence for such a claim.
The IICSA inquiry, sparked by claims of paedophiles operating in Westminster in the 1980s, will investigate whether “state and non-state institutions have failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation” in England and Wales.
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