DOE v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JACKSON

No. 2004-CA-02572-COA.

947 So.2d 983 (2006)

Jane DOE, Appellant v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JACKSON, Mississippi, Bishop William R. Houck, his Predecessors and Assigns, and George Broussard, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiawatha Northington, attorney for appellant.

Christy Michelle Sparks, Ridgeland, Janet McMurtray, Jackson, Joseph L. McNamara, John Jeffrey Trotter, attorneys for appellees.

Before KING, C.J., CHANDLER and ISHEE, JJ.


KING, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jane Doe1 claims in the early 1970's, that Father George Broussard and Father Tommy Boyce2, priests with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi (Diocese), began sexually abusing her. Doe claimed that Boyce began abusing her as early as 1972 while Broussard began to abuse her in 1973.3 This...

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