Dempsey v. Johnston

ROY L. RICHTER, Judge.

Timothy Dempsey (“Plaintiff”) appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis (“Archdiocese”) and Father Robert Johnston (“Priest”). Finding no error, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, born on March 18,1964, was an altar boy at Sacred Heart Parish in Valley Park, Missouri, where he served masses with Priest. Plaintiff alleges that Priest sexually abused him on four separate occasions between 1977 and 1978 when Plaintiff was thirteen to fourteen years old and in the eighth grade. Plaintiff claims that two…