news of the bankruptcy has frustrated people like joey piscitelli. >> piscitelli says he was sexuallyas a child. he now works with a group called snap, or the survivors network of those abused by priests. for piscitelli, the potential bankruptcy filing causes several worries. one of the main ones being the delayed process of getting some form of justice for victims. >> everything stops for the bankruptcy proceeding. >> rick simmons is an attorney who currently represents around 75 people with sexual abuse cases. he says if it happens, the bankruptcy filing will allow the archdiocese to deal with the hundreds of cases collectively instead of one by one. i think the chance that they are not compensated at all is very low. >> the chance that they are not compensated fairly is very high. while the process plays out, piscitelli says many of the victims will be waiting, hoping one day to find closure and some sense of peace. >> the church is presenting itself as the person who's the victim here, and they're not clearly, they're not in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc7 news. >> in the east b