Legal Opinion
Doe v. Diocese Corp.
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided July 1, 1994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCorradino, J.
The plaintiff in the present case has filed a motion for a protective order seeking to use a pseudonym for purposes of pretrial proceedings. The institutional defendants, which include several churches and a church diocese, have filed a similar motion and have also filed a request for the same status for the clergyman accused of sexually abusing the male plaintiff, who is now an adult. A hearing was held on this motion at which the plaintiff and his therapist testified. Two clergymen testified for the defendants.
The plaintiff testified to a period of sexual abuse beginning when he was twelve…
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