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HARRINGTON v. COSTELLO

SJC-11383

467 Mass. 720 (2014)

7 N.E.3d 449

JOHN P. HARRINGTON v. WILLIAM M. COSTELLO & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. McNamara, Jr. , for the plaintiff.

Ross A. Kimball for the defendants.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.

BOTSFORD, J.

This is a defamation action, before us on further appellate review. The plaintiff, John P. Harrington, and the two defendants, William M. Costello and John A. Perry, are Roman Catholic priests. Harrington claims that the defendants published, in the parish where Harrington was serving, a false and defamatory statement to the effect that a parishioner had accused Harrington of stalking her minor son, and that...

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