Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Marcantonio
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 6, 1999No. 98-1438, 98-1439, 98-1533, 98-1542, 98-2137 and 98-2138PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated cases, plaintiff-appellants Michael Kelly, Stephen Kelly, and Kenneth Smith seek to recover damages for alleged sexual abuse they suffered when they were minors. Plaintiff-appellants allege that the perpetrators of this sexual abuse were priests serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. The defendant-appellees are the priests, Father Robert Marcanto-nio (“Marcantonio”) and Father William C. O’Connell (“O’Connell”), various diocesan officials, and the churches to which the priests were assigned (collectively, the “hierarchy…
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