Steinke v. Kurzak

Jeffrey Steinke challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Diocese of Sioux City in his lawsuit alleging he was sexually abused by John Kur-zak, a Roman Catholic priest, and John Perdue, a former priest. Kurzak and Per-due cross-appeal from the district court’s denial of summary judgment on their claim that Steinke’s suit is barred by the two-year statute of limitations at Iowa Code section 614.1(2) (2009).

Steinke commenced his action in 2008 based upon incidents of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred in 1981 and 1982. The district court applied the discovery rule and…