Ryan v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

The plaintiffs, Mary Ryan and Thomas Ryan, appeal to this Court from the motion justice’s 1 entry of judgment, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure, in favor of the following defendants: Most Reverend Louis E. Geli-neau, Most Reverend Daniel P. Reilly, Most Reverend Kenneth A. Angelí, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence (a corporation sole), and Saint Thomas Church of Mantón. 2

On appeal, the plaintiffs contend: (1) that the motion justice erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the instant defendants; (2) that…