A since-abolished “charitable immunity” doctrine still shields a South Carolina diocese from allegations of sexual abuse by one of its priests during the early 1960s, a federal appeals court affirmed in an unpublished opinion on Wednesday.
A woman, using the pseudonym Mary Roe, sued the Diocese of Charleston in 2021 over alleged abuse she says transpired between 1961 and 1966. A US district judge granted summary judgment to the diocese based on that doctrine which was in place during that time period.
“While we completely sympathize with Mary’s pain and suffering, we nonetheless must conclude that the district court’s decision ...
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