UNITED KINGDOM
Wales Online
Former High Court judge Baroness Butler-Sloss is to lead the independent inquiry into child sex abuse, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
The investigation is into the handling of allegations of paedophilia by state institutions as well as bodies such as the BBC, churches and political parties.
Crossbench peer Baroness Butler-Sloss is the former president of the family division of the High Court and chaired the Cleveland child abuse inquiry in the late 1980s.
Mrs May said: “In recent years, we have seen appalling cases of organised and persistent child sex abuse that have exposed serious failings by public bodies and important institutions.
“That is why the Government has established an independent panel of experts to consider whether these organisations have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse.”
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