DOE v. DORSEY

No. 95-2601.

683 So.2d 614 (1996)

John DOE, Appellant, v. Norbert DORSEY, as Bishop of the Diocese of Orlando, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon D. Stevens of Stevens & Menyhart, P.A., Merritt Island, and Sharon Lee Stedman, of Sharon Lee Stedman, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Philip M. Burlington, of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae for Appellant.

Robert J. Pleus, Jr. and Kevin W. Shaughnessy of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.

Robert S. Glazier, Miami, for First Baptist Church of Hialeah and Temple Shir Ami, Amicus Curiae, for Appellees.


HARRIS, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the statute of limitations and/or the First Amendment provision requiring separation of church and state bars this action against the church and its bishop based on the alleged negligent "hiring" or retention of a priest who commits sexual misconduct. We affirm.

For the purpose of this appeal, it is admitted that the parish priest committed improper acts with an altar boy starting when the boy was thirteen and...

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