Child abuse inquiry in crisis after judge quits

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Sean O’Neill, Chief Reporter
August 5 2016
The Times

The huge British public inquiry into child abuse was thrown into disarray last night when the judge in charge of it resigned from her post.

Dame Lowell Goddard stepped down within hours of revelations made by The Times that she had spent three months of her first year in the job either on holiday or overseas, primarily in New Zealand, her home country.

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