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GALLOWAY v. DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 5-04-0458.

857 N.E.2d 737 (2006)

Virginia GALLOWAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD IN ILLINOIS, Diocese of Belleville, Herman Niebrugge, and Theodore Baumann, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Carr, Troy E. Walton, The Rex Carr Law Firm, LLC, East St. Louis, IL, Robert L. Douglas, Robinson, for Appellant.

Kevin T. Martin, Louis J. Phillips, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, for Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.

David Wells, Catherine A. Schroeder, Thompson & Coburn, St. Louis, MO, for Diocese of Belleville.

Theodore J. MacDonald, Bharat Varadachari, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank & True, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Theodore Baumann.

Presiding Justice SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 2004, the plaintiff, Virginia Galloway, filed a complaint against the defendants, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (Springfield Diocese), Diocese of Belleville (Belleville Diocese), and two priests, Herman Niebrugge and Theodore Baumann. The complaint alleged that a third priest, Richard Niebrugge, had sexually abused her from the time she was 10 years old in 1967 until his death in 1983. The...

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