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Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Hearings:  Scottish Government evidence In November 2020 the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) will begin hearings which will examine the actions of central government in relation to issues arising out of non-recent abuse of...

Lady Smith has announced today, 9 July 2020, that hearings relating to the child migration case study will resume in mid-September 2020. Subject to ongoing public health guidance and physical distancing measures,  it is hoped that the hearings will take p...

Professors Stephen Constantine (Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, Lancaster University), Marjory Harper (Professor of History, University of Aberdeen), and Gordon Lynch (Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology, University of Kent), wrote a...

The Inquiry has published its Spring/Summer 2020 newsletter. It can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page. In the newsletter you can find out about how the Inquiry is continuing its work in these extraordinary times, the additional invest...

Professor Abrams and Dr Fleming, both at University of Glasgow, were commissioned to review historical documents recovered by the Inquiry in the course of its investigations in relation to Aberlour Child Care Trust, Barnardo’s and Quarriers. The review fo...

To be a “core participant” you have to have a significant role in the things being investigated by the Inquiry. A core participant could be a person, a group, or an organisation. The significant role could be about all or only some of the things the Inqui...

Please note that due to COVID 19 hearings have been postponed an update will be provided as soon as possible. We are currently exploring possible options which might enable us to continue hearing case study evidence remotely with our immediate priority to...

Lady Smith has today, 12 May 2020, confirmed that the vital work of SCAI is continuing despite a pause in public hearings as part of the COVID-19 outbreak. Investigative work, research and analysis, and preparation for announced case studies continue. Wor...

The institutions highlighted in bold were announced as being added to the Inquiry's investigations in March 2020 Roman Catholic orders Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Smyllum Park, Lanark Bellvue House, Rutherglen St Joseph’s Hospital, Rose...

Vital Work of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to Continue Lady Smith, the Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), has today (26 March) issued a video message confirming that the vitally important investigative work of the Scottish Child Abuse I...