BLECHER v. HOLY SEE

20-CV-3545 (JPO).

631 F.Supp.3d 163 (2022)

Erik BLECHER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The HOLY SEE, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed September 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Samuel Sandler , Stuart Samuel Mermelstein , Herman Law Firm PA, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiffs Erik Blecher, James Bruno, Robert Burns, Emmett Caldwell, Louis Castiglione, Kevin Cavanaugh, Brian Compasso, Wayne Compasso, Vincent Dillard, John Gillen, Stephen Hum, Joseph Jockel, Marianne Agnello, Dianne Mondello, Vernon Allen Jones, Michael Leonard, John O'Connor, Thomas O'Connor, Daniel Rice, Joseph Russo, Tom Sparks, Peter Senatore, Matthew Sexton, Lawrence Smith.

Stuart Samuel Mermelstein , Herman Law Firm PA, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiffs Jordan Taylor, Desiree Callender, Jacqueline Regan, Michael Gill, Plaintiff Neil M. Curtis, Robert Lisiecki.

Jeffrey Stanley Lena , Law Office of Jeffrey S. Lena, Berkeley, CA, Alexis Ivar Haller , Law Office of Alexis Haller, Aptos, CA, Jennifer Bruno, Soquel, CA, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs, thirty alleged victims of childhood clergy sexual abuse, bring a putative class action against Defendant the Holy See, seeking money damages for negligence on the ground that the Holy See mandated a policy of secrecy for its bishops and dioceses in response to allegations and...

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