New Chapter Opens In Victim Compensation Fight In Pa. Churches

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The last victim compensation funds at Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses are closing as lawmakers plunge back into a years-old fight over whether to let long-ago victims of child sexual abuse sue perpetrators and institutions.
It’s more than a year after a landmark grand jury report accused church officials of hushing up abuse.
Victim compensation funds in Philadelphia, Allentown, Scranton and Pittsburgh will close Monday to applications.
The Senate w