DOE v. DIOCESE OF DALLAS

No. 5-06-0383.

885 N.E.2d 376 (2008)

379 Ill. App.3d 782

John DOE A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIOCESE OF DALLAS, Diocese of Belleville, Archdiocese of St. Louis, and Father Kenneth Roberts, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah D. Smith, D. Jeffrey Ezra, Ezra & Associates, LLC, Collinsville, Jeffrey R. Anderson, Patrick W. Noaker, Michael G. Finnegan, Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A., St. Paul, MN, for Appellant.

Kevin T. Hoerner, Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, P.C., Belleville, for Father Kenneth Roberts.

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

Edward S. Bott, Jr., Edward M. Goldenhersh, David P. Niemeier, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Justin L. Jeter, Mathis & Donheiser, Dallas, TX, for the Diocese of Dallas.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

John Doe A. appeals from the trial court's February 17, 2006, order dismissing his complaint with prejudice as being barred under the 1994 childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2 (West 1994)) and concluding that a more recent limitations statute for survivors of childhood sexual abuse (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2 (West Supp.2003)) was inapplicable because...

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