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Kiwi judge Dame Lowell Goddard says it was disappointing there was “no government defence of me in England” when she resigned as chair of the historical sex abuse inquiry.
Goddard quit in August as head of the United Kingdom inquiry (IICSA) into cases of historical sex abuse.
In a letter sent to the UK Home Affairs Committee, Goddard effectively ruled out appearing in person before British MPs and referred to “malicious defamatory attacks” by some media.
In a foreword from her husband Christopher Hodson QC, he said the letters and documents were being released as a final step.
The cache of letters and correspondence was sent to media on Tuesday. The most recent relates to the committee’s oral evidence hearing request to Goddard, who has been providing written correspondence after leaving London and returning to New Zealand.
In a letter dated November 7 to the head of the select committee, Yvette Cooper MP, Goddard writes:
“I wish to make it very clear that I have never declined to provide oral evidence to your committee.
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