Livingston v. Diocese of Cleveland

Rocco, Judge.

The eight plaintiffs-appellants in this action, all of whom are adult women who allege they were sexually abused as children by a parish priest, appeal from the trial court opinion and order that granted the separate motions for summary judgment filed by defendant-appellee, the Diocese of Cleveland, thus terminating appellants’ action. The trial court determined all of appellants’ claims were time-barred.

Appellants argue material issues of fact remain concerning the following: (1) the applicability of the doctrine of equitable estoppel to appellee’s statute-of-limitations…