A woman who was allegedly sexually abused by a priest in the late 1970s and early 1980s had no way of knowing the extent to which her parish allegedly sought to cover up the abuse until a grand jury report finding a widespread conspiracy at the Diocese of Altoona was published in 2016, a lawyer argued to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in an effort to allow his client’s case to come before a jury, despite it being filed years beyond the statute of limitations.

The case, captioned Rice v. Diocese of Altoona, could be a bellwether for numerous additional lawsuits that have been filed in Pennsylvania in the wake of two grand jury reports issued by the state Attorney General’s Office that documented decades of child sexual abuse by priests in diocese across the state.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]