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DOWNS v. ROMAN CATH. ARCHBISHOP OF BALT.

No. 1803, Sept. Term, 1995.

683 A.2d 808 (1996)

111 Md. App. 616

Stephen Michael DOWNS v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied October 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Harris, Sr. (Cheryl M. Brower, on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellant.

E. Scott Conover (Robert H. Bouse, Jr., on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellees.

Before WILNER, C.J., and HARRELL and JAMES S. GETTY (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

WILNER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, a former candidate for priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, filed a two-count complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against Archbishop William H. Keeler, four priests (Francis Murphy, John Wielebski, Paul Cook, and Michael Murphy), and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore (the corporate body of the Church), claiming that he had been defamed by them. The court dismissed the complaint on the ground that it raised...

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