United States Ninth Circuit

In an action alleging clergy sexual abuse, the District Court's order holding that the Holy See was not immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) is affirmed in part, where the abuser's conduct fell within the FSIA's tortious acts exception, but reversed in part, where the negligence of government entities could not be imputed to Defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2008
• Decided 03/03/2009
• Published 03/03/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and OTIS D. WRIGHT, II , District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Lena, Law Office of Jeffrey S. Lena, Berkeley, CA, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee., Marci A. Hamilton, Washington Crossing, PA, for the plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.