Cardinal Timothy Dolan is trying something new. After years of successfully opposing legislation that would give New York abuse victims more time to sue, he has launched a victims' compensation program -- a first for the New York archdiocese.
This is the Year of Mercy, and the cardinal said he was inspired by the "grace and challenge" of this fact. "I just finally thought: 'Darn it, let's do it,' " he told The New York Times.