DOE v. ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON

No. 207, Sept. Term, 1996.

689 A.2d 634 (1997)

114 Md. App. 169

John DOE v. ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Rosenberg (Shana E. Ommaya and Meyer, Faller, Weisman and Rosenberg, P.C., on the brief) Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Kevin T. Baine (Philip A. Sechler and Williams & Connolly, on the brief for appellee, Archbishop) Washington, DC.

Martin A. Hertz of Crofton, MD, for appellee, Schaefer.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and FISCHER and HOLLANDER, JJ.


HOLLANDER, Judge.

This case concerns the timeliness of a suit instituted by appellant, John Doe, in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County. In 1995, seventeen years after reaching adulthood, Doe sued the Reverend Thomas Sebastian Schaefer, the Reverend Alphonsus Michael Smith, and the Archdiocese of Washington,1 appellees, because of the sexual child abuse that he suffered during the period...

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