DOE v. OREGON CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY

00C-11876; A120240.

111 P.3d 791 (2005)

199 Or. App. 319

Jane DOE, Guardian Ad Litem for Janey Doe, Respondent, and Jane Doe, individually, Plaintiff, v. OREGON CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, an assumed business name of the Western Oregon Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, an Oregon corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the opening brief was Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., P.C., and Greene & Markley, P.C.

Jeffrey M. Batchelor, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jennifer H. Holcomb, David W. Melville, and Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf, PC, and William A. Barton, Kevin K. Strever, and Barton & Strever, PC, Newport.

Before WOLLHEIM, Presiding Judge, and SCHUMAN and EDMONDS, Judges.


SCHUMAN, J.

In this negligence action, plaintiff is the mother and guardian ad litem of a minor, Janey Doe. At the age of five, Janey was touched in a sexual manner on several occasions by A, the 11-year-old son of plaintiff's pastor, Dennis Pumford. Plaintiff sued Pumford's employer, the Oregon Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (defendant or the Conference), alleging that it knew or had reason to know of A's sexual proclivities and, for that reason, it...

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