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Article: Fourth Department says priest could owe fiduciary duty; diocese might be liable too
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- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2008
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In a precedent-setting case, the Appellate Division of the Fourth
Judicial Department has found that a priest may owe a fiduciary duty
of care to an adult woman parishioner with whom he had an adulterous
affair while providing marriage counseling.
The woman and her husband, identified only as Jane and John Doe,
are seeking damages as a result of the woman's affair with the
priest, Peter M. Debellis.
The suit also charges Bishop Matthew Clark and the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Rochester with negligent retention and supervision.
In a split 3-2 decision, the Appellate Division found that Monroe
County Supreme Court Justice Stephen K. Lindley erred in dismissing
the wife's complaint in Jane Doe ...
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