NEW ZEALAND
Sky News
By Katie Stallard, in Wellington, New Zealand
Dame Lowell Goddard has told Sky News no concerns were raised with her before her resignation from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse in August, and that she was never warned, officially or otherwise, about the alleged use of racially derogatory language.
The New Zealand judge is alleged to have said Britain had so many paedophiles “because it has so many Asian men”, according to a report in The Times.
The newspaper report included a number of allegations made by what it said were “well-placed figures” at the inquiry’s headquarters about her alleged conduct, including claims she treated staff with contempt.
The unnamed sources in the report also claimed she voiced shock at the size of the country’s ethnic minority population and allegedly complained of having to travel 50 miles from London to see a white face.
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