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ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JACKSON v. MORRISON

Nos. 2003-IA-00743-SCT, 2003-IA-00744-SCT.

905 So.2d 1213 (2005)

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JACKSON, Mississippi, and Bishop William R. Houck v. Kenneth MORRISON, Francis Morrison, Thomas Morrison, and Dorothy Morrison.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Jeffrey Trotter, Janet McMurtray, Jackson, L. Martin Nussbaum, Eric V. Hall, Colorado Springs, CO, attorneys for appellants.

John F. Hawkins, Christina Carroll, David Wayne Baria, Orlando Rodriquez Richmond, Anthony Renard Simon, Jackson, Mary Marvel Fyke, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This is a suit brought by a mother and her three children against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson,1 arising out of alleged sexual abuse of the children by George Broussard, then a priest of the Diocese. The merits are not before us today.2 Rather, the questions presented are whether the First Amendment to the United States Constitution deprives our civil courts...

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