Legal Opinion
Moriarty v. Garden Sanctuary Church of God
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 26, 2000No. 25156PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
This case presents the novel issues of whether a cause of action based on repressed memory syndrome is viable in South Carolina, and whether an adult who alleges she repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse may bring a timely cause of action under the “discovery rule” contained in S.C.Code Ann. § 15-3-535 (Supp.1999) after recovering the memories.
Amy Ferrell Moriarty sued Garden Sanctuary Church of God (the Church) to recover damages for sexual abuse she allegedly suffered as a young child at a day care center operated by the. Church. The circuit court granted the Church’s…
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