MPs and royals could be ordered to give evidence over claims they had connections to paedophile gangs, it has been revealed.
Justice
Lowell Goddard, the chairman of the landmark inquiry into historical
child sex abuse, said politicians still serving at Parliament could be
made to testify. Child
abuse allegations against VIPs, the Anglican and Roman Catholic
churches, schools, local councils and 'certain people of public
prominence associated with Westminster' will be among 12 areas for
initial scrutiny, she announced.