UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer
Dame Lowell Goddard has resigned as head of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, the Home Secretary has said.
The embattered New Zealander became the third chair of the inquiry to resign after controversy over holidays and comments she made about not understanding English law.
The high court judge was appointed as chair of the inquiry by then-Home Secretary Theresa May after the two previous charis were forced to stand down over their links to establishment figures.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said in a statement: “I can confirm that Dame Lowell Goddard wrote to me today to offer her resignation as Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and I have accepted.
“I want to assure everyone with an interest in the inquiry, particularly victims and survivors, that the work of the inquiry will continue without delay and a new chair will be appointed.
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