UNITED KINGDOM
Lexology
Bond Dickinson LLP
In July 2014 the Home Secretary, Theresa May set up an Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), to examine how the country’s institutions handled their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse.
The IICSA has launched 13 investigations into a broad range of institutions, one of which is the Roman Catholic Church.
In June last year the Inquiry wrote to all Religious Organisations.
A preliminary hearing in relation to this investigation will be held on 28 July. …
What should you do?
It is critical for the reputation of your organisation that it complies, in so far as it can, with any request made of it by the Inquiry, within any timescales identified.
You should therefore be in a position to act quickly should any request be made of your organisation.
This will include, amongst other things:
* A review of historical cases
* Review of any on-going cases
* Review of historic and current safeguarding practices that were, and are now, in place
Time scales for responding to any request for information are likely to be short and it therefore critical that you are in a position to respond swiftly.
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