Legal Opinion
Sheehan v. Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 22, 2011No. 730, 2009PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice:
James E. Sheehan filed a personal injury action under 10 Del. C. § 8145, the Child Victim’s Act, against several institutional defendants, including the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales and Salesianum School, for the alleged sexual abuse he suffered in 1962 by Father Francis Norris, a teacher at Salesianum. The Child Victim’s Act (CVA), enacted in 2007, abolished the civil statute of limitations for claims of childhood sexual abuse and created a two year window to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring civil suits that the statute of limitations previously…
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