UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
Aine Fox
A survivors’ group has said it may pull out of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse because it does not believe it is “truly independent”.
The probe, launched two years ago and described as the most ambitious public inquiry ever in England and Wales, has been beset by problems and is now working under its fourth chairwoman.
Raymond Stevenson, from the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association, told BBC Newsnight the inquiry had failed to meet group members when asked to in recent weeks.
Mr Stevens, representing survivors of the Lambeth-run Shirley Oaks home in Croydon, said: “We have to recommend at this moment in time that we pull out. We have given the inquiry an opportunity to meet us. We contacted them two weeks ago and we are still waiting for a meeting.”
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