Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese Charlotte

DIETZ, Judge.

*538Plaintiff John Doe 1K1 sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte for various tort claims stemming from sexual abuse allegedly committed by Father Kelleher, a Catholic priest affiliated with the Diocese, in 1977 and 1978. Doe concedes that he did not repress the memories of the abuse and has known of his injuries since they occurred.

*539In 2011, more than 30 years after the alleged abuse, Doe sued the Diocese. His *920complaint relied on legal theories involving fraud-in essence, that before the abuse occurred, the Diocese misrepresented that Doe would be safe and free from sexual…