16. The Inquiry recognises that some people who have been sexually abused as children identify as victims, and others as survivors, of sexual abuse. Throughout this report, unlike in other reports, we use the phrase ‘victims and survivors’ rather than ‘complainants’ when referring to witnesses who have told us that they have been sexually abused. We use the phrase neutrally, without making any findings of fact in any specific cases. As stated above, making such findings is not within the scope of this investigation.

17. References in the footnotes of the report such as ‘XXX000001’ are to documents that have been adduced in evidence or published on the Inquiry website. A reference such as ‘Philip Marshall 20 November 2018 66/10-17’ is to the hearing transcript which is also available on the website; that particular reference is to the evidence of Philip Marshall on 20 November 2019 at page 66, lines 10 to 17.