New Jersey Supreme Court says state can empanel grand jury to investigate clergy abuse

The New Jersey State House. / Credit: Felix Lipov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 10:37 am (CNA). The New Jersey government will be allowed to assemble a grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse there, the state Supreme Court said Monday. In a unanimous ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court said a lower court had erred when it held the state could not empanel the jury, with the high court stating that the government “has the right…