New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard has been named by the home secretary as the head of a new inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales.
The new statutory inquiry - with powers to compel witnesses to attend and demand evidence - will replace a probe set up in July, Theresa May said.
It will also have a new panel.
Mrs May's first two choices for chair quit amid concerns over establishment links. She said Judge Lowell was "as removed as possible" from such links.
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