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DOE v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP

Docket No. 249394.

692 N.W.2d 398 (2004)

264 Mich. App. 632

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT, an Ecclesiastical entity, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided December 21, 2004, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication February 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weiner & Cox, PLC (by Cyril V. Weiner and Elizabeth C. Thomson), Southfield, and Allan Falk, P.C. (by Allan S. Falk), Okemos, for the plaintiff.

Bodman LLP (by Thomas Van Dusen, James J. Walsh, and Joseph E. Viviano), Troy, for the defendant.

Bendure & Thomas (by Mark R. Bendure), Detroit, for the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, National and Michigan Chapters.

Before: CAVANAGH, P.J., and KELLY and H. HOOD, JJ.

KELLY, J.

Defendant Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit appeals by leave granted the trial court's order denying defendant's motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(7) in this case alleging sexual abuse by Robert Burkholder, a Roman Catholic priest. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in ruling that the applicable statutes of limitation did not bar plaintiff John Doe's claims. We reverse because plaintiff has failed to state...

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