ERIE (PA)
Sharon Herald
May 20, 2019
By Melissa Klaric
The Erie Diocese, and the Catholic Church, are taking the priest sex abuse scandal seriously – and are addressing the damage done to victims through openness as well as the compensation fund, Erie’s bishop said.
The Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico said he does not know how many victims have applied for compensation through the fund set up by the diocese, although he estimated that as many as 100 people could receive payments.
Setting up the fund was the right thing to do, Persico said in an interview with The Herald of Sharon.
“People are grateful that we were doing something to compensate them,” he said. “And just the general public thought that at least we were stepping up to try to help people who had been victims. We don’t know when or what they would be able to receive. So, by creating this fund, we’re trying to help them now.”
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