Doe v. Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This appeal asks us to determine whether John Doe 76C’s (“Doe”) expert testimony on the theory of repressed and recovered memory offered to prove a disability delaying the accrual of his otherwise untimely negligence and fraud claims is admissible. Doe claims the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona (“Dioceses”) are liable for his damages resulting from alleged sexual abuse in the early 1980s by a priest under the Dioceses’ control. Doe filed this action on April 24, 2006; because his claims are subject to 6-year statutes of…