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By Kay Ebeling
Two crime victims in Los Angeles, both assaulted by the same Catholic priest - same period of time, same MO, even the same crime scene - are having two different experiences with the civil justice system, an imbalance the California Supreme Court could correct in the coming months. The first victim, Udo, filed a lawsuit during the one-year window in 2003 in the state. So Udo has experienced some justice. The second victim, Ken, did not make the connection between his adult problems and the sexual assaults as a boy until 2008.
Today August 10 is the deadline in the Court for Church Attorneys to file "Opening Brief on the Merits" on Quarry v. Doe 1 (Bishop of Oakland), so briefs much like the justices will be reading, from both plaintiffs and the defense, are Parts 1 and 2 of this post. The remarkable similarities in the stories of Udo and Ken will be part three.
Both men lived through sexual assaults as teenagers at the hands of Rev. Thomas Sullivan while they were students at Loyola High School in the 1950s. Ken is waiting to see the outcome of the Quarry brothers' lawsuit against the Bishop of Oakland, as it will affect whether he, as well as hundreds of other crime victims around the state, will be able to continue pursuing justice. The Catholic Church's main argument to the Court to depublish Quarry is: Otherwise there will be more lawsuits.
Another case, or Appeals Court Decision, up for ...
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Click headline below to go to City of Angels Blog for the whole story:
Can victims still come forward with decades old child sex crimes? California Court to decide in Quarry v. Doe 1 (Bishop of Oakland)
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Continued at City of Angels 5: http://cityofangels5.blogspot.com
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By Kay Ebeling
Hollywood CA
