Court: Priest abuse victims can seek punitive damages
Oakland, California -
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland must pay $875,000 in punitive damages to an Arizona man who was molested as a boy by a priest, a California appeals court has ruled.
The Second District Court of Appeal said a trial judge did not err in allowing Bob Thatcher to seek punitive as well as compensatory damages in his lawsuit against the church. Thatcher was an altar boy at St. Ignatius Church in Antioch during the early 1980s when he and his younger brother, Tom, were sexually abused by the Rev. Robert Ponciroli.
Read the article at www.sanluisobispo.com dated 04/30/05
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The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland must pay $875,000 in punitive damages to an Arizona man who was molested as a boy by a priest, a California appeals court has ruled.
The Second District Court of Appeal said a trial judge did not err in allowing Bob Thatcher to seek punitive as well as compensatory damages in his lawsuit against the church. Thatcher was an altar boy at St. Ignatius Church in Antioch during the early 1980s when he and his younger brother, Tom, were sexually abused by the Rev. Robert Ponciroli.
Read the article at www.sanluisobispo.com dated 04/30/05
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