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DOE v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE
958 N.E.2d 472 (2011)
Jane DOE, Appellant-Plaintiff,
v.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS, Appellee-Defendant.
No. 49A02-1107-CT-595.
Court of Appeals of Indiana.
November 17, 2011.
OPINIONBAKER, Judge. Jane Doe reported that she had been sexually abused by a Roman Catholic Priest when she was a teenager. Doe is now approximately fifty years old, and in accordance with church policy, The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Archdiocese) paid for all of Doe's therapy and counseling fees for nearly eight years. At some point, the Archdiocese determined that some of Doe's counseling sessions were not helping Doe with her recovery. One of the health providers agreed to reduce the frequency of the counseling sessions and the Archdiocese decided to reduce its payments accordingly. Doe brought suit against the Archdiocese and the trial court determined, among other things, that the Archdiocese was voluntarily paying for Doe's counseling sessions out of a "moral obligation" to do so. Thus, the trial granted summary judgment in the Archdiocese's favor and determined that it had no legal responsibility to continue paying all of Doe's continuing therapy costs. We agree with the trial court. Appellant-plaintiff Jane Doe appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee-defendant Archdiocese, claiming that a contract obligated the Archdiocese to make those payments and that the Archdiocese engaged in tortious conduct when it reduced the amount of therapy sessions that it had initially agreed to pay. Doe also maintains that a constructive trust should be established in accordance with equitable principles because the Archdiocese breached a fiduciary duty that it owed to her. In short, Doe argues that the trial court erred in determining as a matter of law that the Archdiocese did not owe her a duty to continue paying for all of the counseling sessions. Concluding that summary judgment was properly entered for the Archdiocese, we affirm. FACTSIn June 1999, Doe's husband met with several church officials to discuss instances of alleged sexual abuse that a former priest from the church purportedly inflicted upon Doe when she was a teenager. Doe was thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old at the time of the June meeting. During the conference, church officials discussed the Archdiocesan policy with Doe's husband that provides for the payment of counseling fees and therapy sessions for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
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