The Catholic Church has welcomed the launch of an independent inquiry into child abuse in England and Wales and has set up a council to assist with inquiries.
The national inquiry will examine 12 different institutions and locations, including the Church of England, Rochdale council and political institutions in Westminster, and will be chaired by Judge Lowell Goddard.
Judge Goddard, who led a similar inquiry in New Zealand, said that it was the largest and most ambitious public inquiry ever established in England and Wales.
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