UNITED KINGDOM
Largs & Millport Weekly News
Press Association
The head of the national inquiry into child sexual abuse has dismissed calls for it to “forget the past” as she unveiled her strategy to complete most of its work by 2020.
Professor Alexis Jay insisted the probe will stick to its commitment to look at past and present failings.
She said that a traditional “public hearing” model would not be used for all of the institutions in England and Wales that will fall under scrutiny, saying a “one size fits all” approach would mean the inquiry would never finish its work.
Prof Jay set out four thematic strands that will be focused on as part of a strategy to make the inquiry “manageable and deliverable”.
She said: “I want to focus on prevention without neglecting the past. Lessons have to be learnt from institutional failures and any cover-ups that have come to light.
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