Aquilino v. Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 Louis Aquilino (Aquilino), the plaintiff below, appeals from the October 1, 2004 final judgment entered subsequent to the September 8, 2003 grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants Archdiocese of Philadelphia (the Archdiocese) and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (the Parish), on the basis of the running of the statute of limitations. This case also involves the appeal of a third defendant, Michael D’Onofrio (Father D’Onofrio), the priest whom Aquilino claimed had sexually abused him in 1982 and 1983. After Father D’Onofrio failed to answer…