JANE DOE v. CORPORATION OF PRESIDENT OF CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

No. 52452-6-I.

90 P.3d 1147 (2004)

"JANE DOE" (a pseudonym) and Michael F. Osborne, on behalf of "Rebecca Doe" (a pseudonym), Respondents, v. The CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, a Utah sole Corporation, aka the "Mormon Church" and "John Roe" (a pseudonym), Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Reconsideration Denied July 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy David Kosnoff, Attorney at Law, Bellevue, WA, Michael Thomas Pfau, Gordon

Thomas Honeywell, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Thomas Daniel Frey, Marcus B. Nash, Jennifer Anh Tran, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.


SCHINDLER, J.

The trial court ordered the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ("the LDS Church")1 to disclose the report of church disciplinary action (RCDA) for John Roe, a church member, who abused his stepdaughters, Jane and Rebecca Doe.2 In analyzing whether the clergy-penitent privilege protected Roe's RCDA from disclosure, the trial court found that the RCDA...

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