Doe v. Newbury Bible Church

The plaintiff-appellant John Doe (“Doe”) appeals from the District Court’s order dismissing his claims against the defendants-appellees the Newbury Bible Church, the Newbury Christian School, and the Newbury Bible Church and School (collectively, the “church defendants”) pursuant to the church defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Doe sued the church defendants and Joseph Rinaldi, the former pastor of the Newbury Bible Church, alleging that he was sexually molested as a boy by Rinaldi. Rinaldi defaulted and is not a party to this appeal.

In a prior decision, this Court found that all but…