Miss. high court refuses to hear priest abuse case
Jackson, Mississippi --
The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused a request by the Catholic Diocese of Jackson to review what the diocese believed were conflicting judicial rulings on sex abuse cases and a judge's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two people.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Smith on Thursday signed an order declining, without comment, to hear arguments from the diocese and other defendants.
Last year, Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter ruled he would not dismiss the abuse claims of two plaintiffs against the diocese. The plaintiffs known only as John Does 6 and 7 claim they were sexually abused by Father James Kircher in the late 1970s.
DeLaughter said the church sought dismissal of the lawsuits to deny John Does 6 and 7 "the forum for a jury to even consider their grievances."
Read the article at AP Wire dated 02/24/2005
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The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused a request by the Catholic Diocese of Jackson to review what the diocese believed were conflicting judicial rulings on sex abuse cases and a judge's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two people.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Smith on Thursday signed an order declining, without comment, to hear arguments from the diocese and other defendants.
Last year, Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter ruled he would not dismiss the abuse claims of two plaintiffs against the diocese. The plaintiffs known only as John Does 6 and 7 claim they were sexually abused by Father James Kircher in the late 1970s.
DeLaughter said the church sought dismissal of the lawsuits to deny John Does 6 and 7 "the forum for a jury to even consider their grievances."
Read the article at AP Wire dated 02/24/2005
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