SCOTLAND
Evening Times
Victims say they will continue to press Education Secretary Angela Constance to increase the scope of an independent inquiry into childhood abuse.
Andi Lavery, who founded the support charity White Flowers Alba, said there had been “no movement whatsoever” from the Scottish Government during a meeting with Ms Constance.
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, which is being chaired by Susan O’Brien QC, is not fit for purpose, he claimed, saying it would only look at a “small proportion” of abuse cases.
Campaigners at both White Flowers Alba and the In Care Abuse Survivors (Incas) group want the remit of the inquiry to be extended to include abuse at religious organisations and children’s groups such as the Boy Scouts.
The Scottish inquiry, which could take four years, will focus on allegations of abuse in formal institutional care settings, such as children’s homes and secure care, care, long-term hospital care and boarding schools.
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