MCGOWEN v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE

No. 2020-CA-00418-SCT.

319 So.3d 1086 (2021)

Robert MCGOWEN, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BILOXI and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: JOHN F. HAWKINS , Bay St. Louis.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: CHRISTIAN STRICKLAND , ROBERT T. SCHWARTZ , Biloxi, JORDAN R. MATHEWS .

BEFORE KING, P.J., COLEMAN AND BEAM, JJ.


¶1. In September 2019, Robert McGowen filed a complaint in the Forrest County Circuit Court alleging that he had been sexually abused by a priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in 1984 and 1985 when McGowen was twelve to thirteen years old. According to McGowen, he repressed the memories until December 2018...

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