UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News
The beleaguered child sex abuse inquiry has been hit by the resignation of another senior lawyer.
Aileen McColgan has reportedly resigned from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse because of leadership concerns.
The inquiry is not on to its fourth chairwoman, Professor Alexis Jay, after Dame Lowell Goddard resigned at the end of the summer amid claims over her conduct, which she has denied.
Since then the inquiry’s lead counsel Ben Emmerson QC has quit, days after he was suspended. His junior colleague Elizabeth Prochaska also left.
Ms McColgan was leading the inquiry’s investigations into the Anglican and Catholic Church.
Speaking at a policing conference on Wednesday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: “I saw the latest news on the inquiry today. I would say it is a matter for the inquiry.
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