It's Sunday

In 2018, inspired by public accountability efforts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey’s then-attorney general vowed to investigate decades of sexual abuse by Catholic priests across the state. The goal was to convene a grand jury and produce a report detailing allegations of wrongdoing.

More than 500 survivors reached out to share their stories of abuse.

Yet seven years later, no grand jury has been convened, and no report has been produced. Newly unsealed court documents reveal that the church has stymied the state’s efforts by arguing that Jersey law shields it from the type of legal action being sought.

The state’s Supreme Court will hear arguments today from the church and the attorney general’s office on whether prosecutors should be allowed to move forward with their investigation. Meanwhile, the years of inaction have left some survivors feeling pained and asking for transparency.

  Philadelphia Inquirer

Shameful.

I guess I assumed all these cases were dealt with years ago when the Boston Globe's Spotlight investigation came to light.