UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News
By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
The Goddard Inquiry into historical child sexual abuse has apologised after information provided by survivors was destroyed before it was even looked at.
A website glitch was blamed for the error, which was described as “unacceptable” by campaigners and people who had been abused.
The inquiry, which is only just getting under way, is led by New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard and will examine institutional failings over child sexual abuse over many decades.
A statement on the Goddard Inquiry website said: “Due to a change in our website address to www.iicsa.org.uk on 14 September, any information submitted to the inquiry between 14 September and 2 October through the online form on the ‘share your experience’ page of our website was instantly and permanently deleted before it reached our engagement team.
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