McAULIFFE v. NORTHERN INS. CO. OF N.Y.

No. 94-3660.

69 F.3d 277 (1995)

Michael F. McAULIFFE, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, individually and as a corporation solely known as the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF N.Y., a New York insurance corporation, Defendant-Appellee, NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF N.Y., Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin LAHR, Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1995.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Madden, Kansas City, Missouri, argued (Jonathan R. Haden, Kansas City, Missouri, on the brief), for appellant.

Michael Andrew Childs, Kansas City, Missouri, argued (Andrew M. DeMarea, Kansas City, Missouri, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT, District Judge.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this insurance coverage dispute is whether a comprehensive and general liability insurance policy issued by Northern Insurance Company of New York (Northern) to Michael F. McAuliffe, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, covers a parishioner's claims against McAuliffe and a priest McAuliffe supervised.

Melvin Lahr, a priest in McAuliffe's Diocese, cultivated a sexual relationship with a

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