UNITED KINGDOM
Herald Scotland
The former head of the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry has blamed “relentless” media pressure for undermining colleagues’ confidence in her leadership.
Dame Lowell Goddard told a parliamentary committee that she believed campaigners published articles in the press in the hope of dealing a “fatal” blow to the inquiry by forcing her to become the third head to resign the post.
In an eight-page written submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC), the New Zealand judge – who sensationally resigned in August – acknowledged there were “tensions” within the inquiry team but insisted that concerns about the quality of her leadership were never raised with her.
HASC chairwoman Yvette Cooper urged Dame Lowell to give evidence in person to the cross-party committee, to allow MPs to put “precise and specific questions” to her.
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