Legal Opinion
John Doe v. The Newbury Bible Church, the Newbury Christian School, and the Newbury Bible Church and School, Joseph Rinaldi, Docket No. 05-4915-Cv
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 21, 2006No. 594PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff-appellant, John Doe, alleges he was sexually molested as a boy by Joseph Rinaldi, the former pastor of New-bury Bible Church. Doe sued Rinaldi and the church in the District Court for the District of Vermont based on diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. Rinaldi defaulted and is not a party to this appeal. Doe asserted various state law theories of liability against the church. In particular, the plaintiff asserts that Vermont state law would permit vicarious liability of the church for Rinaldi’s acts under the Restatement (Second) of Agency § 219(2)(d).
While the Vermont…
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