A Chapter 11 bankruptcy is NOT a pastoral approach to dealing with sex abuse victims, unless they would be compelled to put the diocese into involuntary bankruptcy.  Otherwise, a lot more bishops would be filing bankruptcy.  The "held in trust" approach to parish assets and institutional property is highly dubious and subject to flagrant abuse, as Cardinal Dolan proved while he was yet in Milwaukee!  Bankruptcy may be a sound legal strategy in some cases, but is too often used as a weapon against victims-creditors.  And that won't change until bishops accept full responsibility for their failures in respect to victims and the church in general.