DOE v. ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT IN PORTSMOUTH, R.I.

C.A. No. 20-500 WES.

717 F.Supp.3d 220 (2024)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff, v. ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT IN PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

Signed February 16, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ring, Pro Hac Vice, Neil K. Gehlawat, Pro Hac Vice, Peter A. Reagan, Pro Hac Vice, Taylor & Ring, Manhattan Beach, CA, Joanna M. Achille, Timothy J. Conlon, Burns & Levinson LLP, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff.

Steven M. Richard, Nixon Peabody LLP, Providence, RI, for Defendants Portsmouth Abbey School, Order of St. Benedict in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, a religious entity.

J. Richard Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Harten Galamaga LLP, Providence, RI, for Defendant Michael Bowen Smith.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This case was brought by a victim of child sexual abuse against a well-known, Rhode Island-based preparatory and boarding school, Portsmouth Abbey School, the institution that hired and retained her abuser. The gravamen of the complaint is that the school administrators...

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