There WAS an Establishment cover-up of child abuse as the powerful looked after themselves

Lady Butler-Sloss said there had been an
Establishment cover-up of child abuse

There was an Establishment cover-up of horrific child abuse because powerful figures looked after themselves, former judge Lady Butler-Sloss warned today.

Senior members of British society in the past did not think child abuse was as serious or important as protecting politicians and other members of the elite, she suggested.

Lady Butler-Sloss was forced to quit as chairman of the wide-ranging inquiry into allegations of a cover-up because her brother was in the Cabinet in the 1980s.

But she insisted if she had stayed in post and been able to run the inquiry she would have 'cut the whole thing open'.  (more...)

There WAS an Establishment cover-up of child abuse as the powerful looked after themselves

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