and a stunning reversal from the Catholic Dascese of Camden the new bishop Joseph A williams this week said his dascese will no longer oppose a statewide investigation of sexual abuse by clergy a fight the dascese had been waging secretly behind closed doors for the last six years according to an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday Bishop Williams said he asked the church's attorneys to send a letter to the state supreme court about the shift in position because he felt it was critical for the dascese to support anyone who had been harmed by the church the move comes just days after attorneys for the dascese argued before the state supreme court to block prosecutors from impaneling a grand jury the church has argued for years that state law bars grand juries from preparing reports on private institutions like churches a spokesperson for the attorney general's office says they welcome the new position but it's unclear whether the grand jury investigation will go forward since the court is already considering the earlier argument not to seat one [Music]