Legal Opinion
McKelvey v. Pierce
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 10, 2002PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
LONG, J.
Plaintiff Christopher J. McKelvey, a former Roman Catholic seminarian, has sued the Diocese of Camden and a number of its priests, in contract and tort, claiming that he was regularly and persistently subjected to unwanted homosexual advances during his lengthy seminary training despite his complaints to supervisors at every level. According to McKelvey, he was forced to drop out before ordination due to the homosexual harassment, and is now without a meaningful career. The Superior Court dismissed McKelvey’s complaint on the ground that…
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