MEEHAN v. ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA


870 A.2d 912 (2005)

Francis MEEHAN, Appellant, v. ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. John Patrick McDonnell, Alex Joseph McDonnell and Brian Francis McDonnell, Appellants, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Joseph Crothers, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Charles E. Dietz, Jr., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. P.M.B., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Joseph Nowacky, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Kevin M. Nolan, Sr., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Paul Coleman, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. C.J.M., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Anthony B. Downing, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Stephen Walsh, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. John Doe 3, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. D.P.A., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. John J. McNeila, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. C.T.G., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. James P. Dolan, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Christopher D. Nolan, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Appellees. Rocco J. Parisi, Jr., Appellant, v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia, His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, the Estate of his Eminence John Cardinal Krol, St. Monica Roman Catholic Church and Rev. Joseph P. Gallagher, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Serbin, Altoona and Jay N. Abramowitch, Wyomissing, for Meehan, John Patrick McDonnell, Alex Joseph McDonnell, Brian Francis McDonnell, Crothers, Deitz, P.M.B., Nowacky, Kevin Nolan, Coleman, C.J.M., Downing, Walsh, Doe, McNeila, C.T.G., Dolan, Christopher Nolan, appellants.

Joseph J. McIntosh, Media, for D.P.A., appellant.

Stewart J. Eisenberg, Philadelphia, for Parisi, appellant.

John J. Duffy, West Chester, for Gallagher.

C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., for appellees.

BEFORE: GANTMAN, PANELLA, and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants, plaintiffs one through seventeen in this consolidated matter1 (hereinafter "Group I Plaintiffs") and plaintiff Rocco J. Parisi, Jr.2 (hereinafter "Group II Plaintiff"), challenge the order of August 13, 2004, granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of appellees, the defendants in the above referenced cases...

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