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New Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children and report findings. The court ruled Monday. The Diocese of Camden in May had ended its longstanding opposition to such proceedings. It had previously argued that the attorney general can’t empanel a grand jury to issue findings because a court rule limits such investigations to public officials. The high court disagreed. The issue dates to 2018, when a Pennsylvania grand jury found that more than 1,000 children had been abused in that state since the 1940s, prompting New Jersey to announce a similar investigation.