Legal Opinion
Florez v. Sargeant
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 1996No. CV-94-0454-PR, CV-94-0495-PRPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
These are tort actions consolidated for argument and opinion in which the only issue is whether they are barred by the statute of limitations. We conclude that they are.
I. Florez
Gomez, now 30 years old, claims that 18 years ago when he was about 12, Florez, then a priest, molested him. This was between 1978 and 1980. Gomez then led a nomadic life as a stripper and prostitute. Twelve years later, in 1990, he claims to have remembered these incidents and reported the abuse to a priest in late 1990, who then informed the Diocese of Phoenix. Gomez Affidavit at 4. On…
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