DOE 70 v. DIOCESE OF METUCHEN

DOCKET NO. A-1919-22.

306 A.3d 237 (2023)

477 N.J. Super. 270

JA/GG DOE 70, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DIOCESE OF METUCHEN, a/k/a The Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, a/k/a The Roman Catholic Bishop of Metuchen, St. John Vianney, and St. John Vianney School, Defendants-Respondents, and Diocese of Richmond, a/k/a Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Corrigan (Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman) of the Virginia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant (Santomassimo Davis LLP, David P. Corrigan , and Melissa Y. York (Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman) of the Virginia bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Alexander J. Anglim , Parsippany, and Susan Schleck Kleiner , of counsel and on the briefs).

Jack P. Boyd (Jeff Anderson & Associates PA) argued the cause for respondent JA/GG Doe 70 (Gianforcaro Law, attorneys; Jeffrey R. Anderson (Jeff Anderson & Associates PA), Trusha P. Goffe (Jeff Anderson & Associates PA), Gregory G. Gianforcaro , Phillipsburg, and Jack P. Boyd , of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Gilson, Berdote Byrne, and Bishop-Thompson.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

Plaintiff alleges that Father John Butler, a Catholic priest, sexually abused him from approximately 1995 to 1998, when plaintiff was approximately nine to twelve years old.1 The issue presented is whether one...

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