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SMITH v. DORSEY

No. 98-1415

725 So.2d 1196 (1998)

John SMITH, James Smith, and Tom Smith, All fictitious names for natural persons, Appellants, v. Norbert DORSEY, as Bishops of the Catholic Diocese, etc., et al, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon D. Stevens of Stevens & Menyart, P.A., Merritt Island, for Appellants.

Robert J. Pleus, Jr., of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees, Norbert Dorsey and Thomas J. Grady.

Joe Teague Caruso of the Law Office of Caruso & Swerbilow, Merritt Island, for Appellee, Nicholas King.

Darryl L. Gavin of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee, Thomas Saunders.

HARRIS, J.

Three young men, plaintiffs in this consolidated appeal, were sexually abused by Thomas Pagni, a former Catholic priest, long after he left the Church and while he was a counselor with Crosswinds. They sued the Diocese and individual priests on the theory that such defendants were liable because when Pagni, a known pedophile, was removed from the priesthood, such defendants, consistent with the Diocese's responsibility to assist a former priest prepare...

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