Gagne v. O'Donoghue

In this case, the plaintiff alleges that he was abused by two Catholic priests, O’Donoghue and Inzerillo, and that the former Bishops of the Worcester Diocese, Flanagan and Harrington, were negligent in their continued employment and supervision of those priests. Plaintiff seeks a default judgment against defendants or other sanctions on the grounds that defendants and their attorneys have “engaged in a persistent pattern and practice spanning several decades of improper conduct which has subverted the spirit and intent of the discovery process, and specifically and more recently has…