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Litigation & Arbitration

Jul. 12, 2023

Judge may drop Boston archdiocese case

In a tentative ruling and subsequent hearing, Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III said he was inclined to quash a subpoena against the archdiocese unless the plaintiff could prove it knowingly sent a pedophilic priest to work in Los Angeles.

A Los Angeles County judge said Tuesday that he may drop the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston from one of hundreds of clergy sexual abuse cases being tried in the county.

In a tentative ruling and subsequent hearing, Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III said he was inclined to quash a subpoena against the archdiocese unless the plaintiff could prove it knowingly sent a pedophilic priest to work in Los Angeles.

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