Criminal
Mar. 1, 2011
Suit Against L.A. Archdiocese Proceeds
A U.S. District Judge ruled against a motion to dismiss brought by the church in a lawsuit filed by a man who claims a priest sexually abused him.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge Monday allowed a Mexican national's lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to proceed under the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789. U.S. District Judge Josephine S. Tucker ruled against a motion to dismiss brought by the church in a lawsuit filed by a man who claims that Father Nicholas Aguilar Rivera sexually abused him in 1997 at age 12 at the Diocese of Tehuacan, Mexico. The lawsuit c...
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