DOE v. POPRAVAK

No. 115,282.

421 P.3d 760 (2017)

55 Kan.App.2d 1

John F.M. DOE, Appellant, v. Fr. Christopher POPRAVAK, Capuchin Province of Mid-America, Inc., Province of St. Augustine of the Capuchin Order, David Nestler, The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca M. Randles , of Randles Mata, LLC, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant.

Mara H. Cohara and Chad E. Blomberg , of Lathrop & Gage LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri; Lisa A. Weixelman and Guillermo G. Zorogastua , of Polsinelli PC, of Kansas City, Missouri; and Karen L. Torline , Stephen J. Torline , and Michael T. Crabb , of Kuckelman Torline Kirkland & Lewis, of Overland Park, for appellees.

Before Leben, P.J., Powell and Schroeder, JJ.


The plaintiff in this case, who has filed under the pseudonym John F.M. Doe, says that he was abused in 1972 — when he was 11 years old — by a Catholic priest. Four decades later, when Doe was 53, he filed a lawsuit seeking damages for the abuse. The district court dismissed Doe's claims after it concluded that it was too...

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