The senior lawyer in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has quit, a day after being suspended from his role. Chairwoman Professor Alexis Jay said she had accepted Ben
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The national inquiry into child sexual abuse could be facing another serious blow after reports its most senior lawyer is considering standing down. Ben Emmerson QC, who is counsel to
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The new chairwoman of the national inquiry into child sexual abuse will earn £185,000 a year. Professor Alexis Jay, who was named as the fourth head of the probe last
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A police inspector used his position and “connections with authority” to sexually abuse two teenagers while running a “naughty boy school” in North Wales, a court heard. Former superintendent Gordon
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A “cruel and sadistic” carer molested boys at a Catholic children’s home and terrorised them with a punishment known as The Clappers, a court heard. James McCann, 80, is accused
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The new head of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has defended the embattled probe and insisted it will not be scaled back. Professor Alexis Jay admitted its scale
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Former head of the independent child sexual abuse inquiry Dame Lowell Goddard resigned “because she found it too much for her”, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has suggested. A Commons committee
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The wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse needs to be completely reviewed and remodelled, the judge who resigned as its head last month has warned. Dame Lowell Goddard delivered a
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The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is in danger of “taking years to confirm what we already know”, a former top prosecutor has warned. Lord Macdonald QC said the
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A senior figure at a leading Roman Catholic independent school has stepped aside as police investigate allegations of historical abuse made by four former pupils. The Right Reverend Cuthbert Madden,
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