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LANGFORD v. R. C. DIOCESE

177 Misc.2d 897 (1998)

677 N.Y.S.2d 436

Susan Langford, Plaintiff, v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Kings County.

June 23, 1998

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conway, Farrell, Curtin & Kelly, P. C., New York City, for Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and others, defendants. White, Quinlan, Staley & Ledwith, Garden City, for Nicholas Sivillo, defendant. Michael L. Soshnick, Mineola, for plaintiff.

HERBERT KRAMER, J.

Can plaintiff parishioner maintain a cause of action against her priest for damages she allegedly sustained when their pastoral relationship developed into a sexual relationship? Although this is a question of first impression in New York,1 it has been vigorously litigated across the country. Some of the courts considering this question were willing to sustain...

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