Legal Opinion
Parents of Minor Child v. Charlet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 4, 2014No. 2013-C-2879PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
I, This writ presents the issue of whether a party is precluded from offering any evidence of her confession and whether a priest has a duty to report allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated on a minor parishioner. For the following reasons, we grant the plaintiffs’ writ, reversing and vacating the court of appeal’s judgment and reinstating the trial court’s judgment.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On July 6, 2009, plaintiffs, the parents of a minor daughter, filed a petition for damages suffered by them and their daughter as a result of the alleged inappropriate and sexual acts perpetrated on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Pitre v. Louisiana Tech UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Kenney v. CoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- Parents of Minor Child v. CharletLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
3Cited by3 opinions
- Chatman v. Southern University at New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- Eagleman v. Diocese of Rapid CitySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015
- Robert D. MAYEUX and Lisa M. Mayeux v. George J. CHARLET, Jr., Deceased, Charlet Funeral Home, Inc., Rev. M. Jeffery Bayhi, and the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Baton RougeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2016