DOE v. NEWBURY BIBLE CHURCH

Docket No. 05-4915-CV.

445 F.3d 594 (2006)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE NEWBURY BIBLE CHURCH, the Newbury Christian School, and the Newbury Bible Church and School, Defendants-Appellees, Joseph Rinaldi, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Gardner, Keene, New Hampshire, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory M. Eaton, Aten Clayton & Eaton PLLC, Littleton, New Hampshire, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: JACOBS, WESLEY, Circuit Judges; KOELTL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff-appellant, John Doe, alleges he was sexually molested as a boy by Joseph Rinaldi, the former pastor of Newbury Bible Church. Doe sued Rinaldi and the church in the District Court for the District of Vermont based on diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. Rinaldi defaulted and is not a party to this appeal. Doe asserted various state law theories of liability against the church. In particular, the plaintiff asserts that Vermont state law would...

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