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5 January 2017

Historic child sex abuse inquiry will not tackle Church of England cases until 2018

The public inquiry into child sexual abuse within the Church of England and other institutions is to be sped up and partially scaled back. Professor Alexis Jay, who is chairing the inquiry, has said that she wants to refocus the inquiry into preventing abuse.
 She told The Guardian that she remained committed to pursuing all 13 investigations into preventing abuse. "non-recent abuse" with institutions, including the Catholic church and the Houses of Parliament.

http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/historic-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-will-not-tackle-church-of-england-cases-until-2018/story-30005937-detail/story.html