'Shocking' Tory child abuse claims must be fully investigated, says Theresa May The Waterhouse Inquiry found the allegations against the unnamed senior Tory were groundless in 2000 and prevented the names of 28 alleged abusers from being published. There are now fears child abuse victims have not been taken seriously enough in the wake of revelations about Sir Jimmy Savile. "I think what we need to do is what the Government is doing, which is saying, given the nature of these concerns, given the background, given the appalling nature of child abuse, we need to look very carefully to make sure that what was done in the past did indeed cover everything that it needed to do and was done properly," the Home Secretary said. I think it is entirely right and proper for the Government to say we should look to make sure that the work that was done in relation to the Waterhouse inquiry did cover everything that it should have needed to cover and that that review was as appropriate as it should have been. Asked whether there is any new information, Mrs May said: "I really do think that in the face of these issues, which are, as I say, hugely shocking in relation to child abuse, that we do need to go back and say "actually let's have a review of that inquiry to make sure that it did do the job that it was supposed to do."" On Friday, Steve Messham, a sex abuse victim, told BBC's Newsnight that he had been taken out of a care home and "sold" to men for sexual abuse at a nearby hotel. He said a senior Tory from the time was among the perpetrators. He told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that he has only once visited Wrexham in North Wales, where the abuse took place.