Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims’ compensation fund

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims’ compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will give victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to sue the church.
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference issued a statement for the dioceses late Friday saying they were discussing a possible fund. They warn that if a window opens for litigation of old cases, it could force the dioceses into bankr