Legal Opinion
Doe v. Holy See
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided June 7, 2006No. CV 02-430-MOPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MOSMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed this action against the Holy See, Archdiocese of Portland, and other defendants for the alleged tortious conduct of Father Andrew Ronan, a Catholic priest at St. Albert’s Church in Port land, Oregon. Plaintiff asserts three causes of action against the Holy See: respondeat superior, negligence, and fraud. Currently before the court is the Holy See’s motion (# 133) to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Holy See, a foreign sovereign, is presumptively immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (“FSIA”)…
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