'I won't quit', says head of sex abuse inquiry after brother is linked to paedophile cover-up

Baroness Butler-Sloss faced demands for her
resignation less than 24 hours after she was
appointed to lead the Government's probe into
abuse by politicians and other powerful figures

The retired judge leading an inquiry into historic sex abuse said she will not quit yesterday, after her brother was linked to an Establishment ‘cover-up’ of the paedophile ring she will be investigating.

Baroness Butler-Sloss faced demands for her resignation less than 24 hours after she was appointed to lead the Government’s probe into abuse by politicians and other powerful figures.

MPs and legal experts said it was inappropriate for her to keep the post given that her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was Attorney General under Margaret Thatcher when many of the abuse claims were first made.

Sir Michael was accused of presiding over a ‘whitewash’ and ‘the cover-up of  the century’ in the 1980s by Geoffrey  Dickens MP, who led a campaign to  identify members of a paedophile ring  allegedly operating in Whitehall, and  including an MI6 officer.  (more...)

'I won't quit', says head of sex abuse inquiry after brother is linked to paedophile cover-up

At The Telegraph:

Brother of child abuse inquiry judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss was accused of 'cover up'