tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post2787591071747924126..comments2024-01-25T09:28:56.610+00:00Comments on Confessions of a skeptic: Child abuse inquiry - Meeting with survivors groupsJonathan Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-20240695079936045292014-11-09T21:00:29.434+00:002014-11-09T21:00:29.434+00:00Excellent analysis.Excellent analysis.Childaloneacademichttp://www.childaloneacademic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-45058078752582462902014-11-04T19:25:50.182+00:002014-11-04T19:25:50.182+00:00Thankyou for the post - very insightful!Thankyou for the post - very insightful!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580751244779251792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-13788417716713760302014-11-02T16:36:11.465+00:002014-11-02T16:36:11.465+00:00He's apparently ruled himself out:
"Polit...He's apparently ruled himself out:<br />"Politics 'must be taken out' of child abuse inquiry<br /><br />A Liberal Democrat peer has said there were two prerequisites for the person appointed chairman or woman over an inquiry looking to historic cases of child sex abuse.<br /><br />Ruling himself out, Lord Carlile told Sky News' Murnaghan programme:<br /><br /> The politics has to be taken out of this.<br /><br /> If the Lord Chief Justice could be persuaded to release a senior judge to do this job I think that would be ideal.<br /><br /> There is no particular reason why it should be a woman but there are, as it happens, seven women who are members of the Court of Appeal, Lady Justices."<br /><br />http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-11-02/may-should-meet-abuse-victims-after-second-inquiry-head-quits/Owennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-8752560913314929082014-11-02T07:58:14.856+00:002014-11-02T07:58:14.856+00:00Someone is floating Lord Carlile as a candidate fo...Someone is floating Lord Carlile as a candidate for chair of the inquiry over at the Independent - "Who could lead the abuse inquiry?" gallery: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/child-abuse-inquiry-theresa-may-under-pressure-to-give-investigation-greater-powers-9833677.htmlOwennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-48484587225150066392014-11-02T02:37:29.882+00:002014-11-02T02:37:29.882+00:00Yes, there is as close to a consensus as you will ...Yes, there is as close to a consensus as you will ever get among the local political parties in Northern Ireland that Kincora should be looked at by the UK inquiry.Tom Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011781723675785154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-81631388476469870412014-11-01T22:15:16.786+00:002014-11-01T22:15:16.786+00:00This is a thoughtful blog posting and one which de...This is a thoughtful blog posting and one which deserves to be widely read. I'll do my best to get word out and links on Twitter.<br /><br />Jersey is presently conducting a long awaited Committee of Inquiry on child abuse there. Authorities in UK and Jersey will undoubtedly use point this to argue against inclusion in the UK Inquiry, but that would be a tragic mistake. <br /><br />Not only were the Jersey TOR watered down without explanation, but numerous promises were broken and little effort has been made to support survivors, despite assurances to the contrary. Fist person accounts of this are recorded on Jersey's excellent local blogs.<br /><br />When allegations of grave crimes arose in survivor or witness testimony, follow up questions to get to the evidence were completely ignored. Shocking publicly reported allegations that Savile paid off the Jersey government, for example, were not followed up with further questions. <br /><br />Jersey's inquiry is a terribly expensive one, because of the costly legal service provided on behalf of all implicated institutions and authorities and yet, the most key witnesses and whistleblowers are not provided with legal representation.<br /><br />There is abundant evidence the Jersey authorities continue to fight against exposure of past abuse and are, in fact, still protecting the system against probes into any ongoing or recent coverup efforts.<br /><br />The trafficking of children from Islington Care homes to Jersey has not been brought up, nor have the officials in or outside of the Jersey Inquiry addressed this, despite UK documentation that it took place. UK was legally responsible for the safety of children sent to Haut de la Garenne.<br /><br />It's helpful to look at what is going terribly wrong with the Jersey Committee of Inquiry, to see why there will still be little light shed on decades of horrific, still unexamined abuse there, without Jersey inclusion into the wider UK Inquiry. Jersey's inclusion is the only way to inquire about what really happened to Jersey's numerous abused and even still-missing children, and also the UK's own Islington children, some of whom have never been accounted for, either.<br /><br />Leigh LaFonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-37150144083469181852014-11-01T15:44:45.992+00:002014-11-01T15:44:45.992+00:00For part of the period relevant for Kincora, North...For part of the period relevant for Kincora, Northern Ireland was under direct rule rather than devolved administration. Peter Robinson, the Northern Ireland First Minister, had said that he hoped Kincora would be included in the scope of the inquiry: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/kincora-pressure-grows-for-boys-home-to-be-part-of-inquiry-30565840.html<br />and after the terms of reference were published he expressed disappointment that Kincora was excluded from the terms of reference:<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29705408 Owennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-53939782410774411292014-11-01T15:26:43.192+00:002014-11-01T15:26:43.192+00:00Crucial to get NI and Jersey Scotland involved; ab...Crucial to get NI and Jersey Scotland involved; abuse occurred (allegedly) before devolved powers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com