Legal Opinion
Tichenor v. Roman Catholic Church of Archdiocese of New Orleans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1994No. 93-03601PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Dino Cinel, a Catholic priest, engaged in sexual relations with Ronald Wayne Tichenor for several years beginning while Tichenor was an adolescent. 1 That relationship spawned this and other litigation. 2 The two cases we have consolidated for the purposes of this appeal are limited to the comparatively narrow questions of personal jurisdiction, statute of limitations, and the duty to defend.
The History of the Case.
An extensive review of the facts is unnecessary. In December 1988, Father James Tarantino, the pastor of St. Rita Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans (“St.…
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