UNITED KINGDOM
Sussex Express
Huw Oxburgh huw.oxburgh@jpress.co.uk
Friday 12 August 2016
A new chairwoman has been appointed to an inquiry looking into sexual abuse by the former bishop of Lewes Peter Ball following a shock resignation last week Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced yesterday (Thursday) that Professor Alexis Jay will lead the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.
A child protection expert and former social worker with over 30 years’ experience, Professor Jay led the independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham which found that at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual exploitation in the town between 1997 and 2013.
Her appointment comes after the shock resignation of New Zealand judge Dame Lowell Goddard last week. Dame Lowell was the inquiry’s third lead since it was established in 2014.
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