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ENGLISH v. THORNE

No. J87-0139(L).

676 F.Supp. 761 (1987)

Carol ENGLISH, Guardian of Obadiah Thomas Herring, Minor Helen Herring and J.P. Herring, Plaintiffs, v. Father Vance Zebulon THORNE, the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, the Roman Catholic Church, d/b/a the Congregation of the Holy Ghost Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Holy Ghost Catholic School, the Society of the Divine Word Southern Provence of St. Augustine, a Mississippi Corporation, Divine Word Missionaries, Southern Provence of St. Augustine, an Unincorporated Association, or an Incorporated Association, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the United States Catholic Conference, Inc. Holy See (Vatican), a Foreign Country, and Does 1-100, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

November 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Byrd, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Whitman B. Johnson, III, Steen, Reynolds, Jackson, Miss., for Congregation, Catholic Church and School.

Douglas E. Levanway, George Q. Evans, Wise, Carter, Jackson, Miss., for Divine Word.

P.M. Harkins, III, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Miss., for Vatican.

Samuel H. Wilkins, Jackson, Miss., for Thorne.

Lawrence J. Franck, Thomas E. Williams, Butler, Snow, Jackson, Miss., for Catholic Diocese of Jackson.

Edmund L. Brunini, Jr., Joshua J. Wiener, Brunini, Grantham, Jackson, Miss., Mark E. Chopko, Gen. Counsel, U.S. Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C., for Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Conference.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant The State of the City of the Vatican (Vatican) to dismiss or quash process. Plaintiffs have timely responded to the motion and the court has considered the motion and memoranda of authorities submitted by the parties in connection with the motion.

Plaintiffs filed this action alleging tortious conduct by a Catholic priest, Father Vance...

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