Abuse allegations inquiry is finally to start after 15 years in Scotland
KATHLEEN NUTT, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2015 - 12:14 AM, The National
One of the most long-awaited public inquiries to be held in Scotland is due to get under way tomorrow.
The statutory inquiry into historical abuse of children in care will be headed by leading QC Susan O’Brien and is expected to last four years before reporting back to Cabinet Secretary for Education Angela Constance.
It will investigate the abuse of children in formal institutional care including by religious orders, as well as council-run children’s homes and secure care.
It will also extend to those in foster care, long-term hospital care and boarding schools.
The inquiry, announced in December, will have the power to compel . . .
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