The DUP faces legal action from an institutional abuse survivor after a meeting was arranged between the victim and Jeffrey Donaldson, the former party leader later convicted of rape and sexual assault. The DUP “have failed survivors of historical abuse by placing Jeffrey Donaldson front and centre of this process, and that’s a scary thought. Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty and now in Maghaberry Prison. “The DUP must answer for why a compromised individual was elevated to the highest level of public office,” he said. “Survivors of historical abuse require absolute transparency, an immediate apology, and a full explanation of what the DUP knew, when they knew it, and why survivor safety was compromised for political expediency,” he said.