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BERNIE v. BLUE CLOUD ABBEY

Nos. 26000, 26034, 26042, 26045, 26001, 26035, 26047, 26002, 26036, 26043, 26046, 26003, 26037, 26004, 26048, 26005, 26038, 26006, 26044, 26007, 26039, 26008, 26040, 26009, 26041.

821 N.W.2d 224 (2012)

2012 S.D. 64

Teresa BERNIE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BLUE CLOUD ABBEY; Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament; and Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Defendants and Appellees, and Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, Doe Priest; Doe Perpetrator 1; Doe Perpetrator 2; Doe Perpetrator 3; and Doe Perpetrator 4, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 5, 2012.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Rhoades , Manly & Stewart, Newport Beach, California, Michael Shubeck , Gregory A. Yates , Rapid City, South Dakota, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Robert Stich , Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Dodge, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Eric C. Schulte , Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for defendant and appellee Blue Cloud Abbey N.O.R. #26034, #26035, #26036, #26037, #26038.

Christopher W. Madsen , Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for defendant and appellee Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament N.O.R. #26042, #26043, #26047, #26044.

Michael J. Ford , Dyan J. Ebert , Quinlivan & Hughes, PA, St. Cloud, Minnesota, for defendant and appellee Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, N.O.R. #26045, #26046, #26048.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The plaintiffs and appellants are former students who attended a boarding school. They alleged that they were sexually abused while attending the school more than thirty-five years ago. The students commenced suits against some alleged perpetrators and entity defendants Blue Cloud Abbey, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls. The entity defendants were...

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