M.H. v. CORP. OF CATHOLIC ABP. OF SEATTLE

No. 64566-8-I.

252 P.3d 914 (2011)

M.H., Appellant, v. CORPORATION OF the CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Thomas Pfau , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Kosnoff PLLC, Bryan Daniel Doran , Short Cressman & Burgess, PLLC, Daniel Troy Logan Fasy , Kosnoff Law Firm, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Michael Alexander Patterson , Karen Adell Kalzer , Mark Allen Anderson , Nicole M. Brodie , Patterson Buchanan Fobes Leitch & Kalzer, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


SCHINDLER, J.

¶ 1 M.H. filed a lawsuit against the Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle (the Archdiocese) alleging childhood sexual abuse. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss the complaint under CR 12(c). We reverse and remand.

¶ 2 Father Edmund Boyle had a lengthy and extensive history of sexual misconduct.1 In the early 1960s, the Archdiocese assigned Father Boyle to work as an associate pastor...

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