Gove faces fresh scrutiny over school sexual abuse case

Second witness tells inquiry that then education secretary intervened in Downside case

Michael Gove is facing fresh questions about his alleged intervention in a sexual abuse investigation at a Catholic school after further evidence emerged that appears to link him to the inquiry.

The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) has already written to Gove asking whether he tried, during his time as the education secretary, to find out about an investigation into a priest suspected of abuse at the Downside Abbey boarding school in Somerset. Now the environment secretary, Gove denied making any calls to the local authority about the investigation.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2FT5o1B