The Sixth District
Court of Appeal has affirmed an order that confidential discovery responses by
the Roman Catholic Diocese in Monterey, in an action by a man who was a minor
when he was allegedly sexually abused by a priest in 2004 and 2005, be turned
over to a local newspaper.
The opinion was handed down
Friday and was not certified for publication. Justice Franklin D. Elia authored
it.The
Diocese had obtained a protective order in 2011 when it was sued by “John RJ Doe”
in connection with the purported abuse of him by then-Father Edward Fitz‑Henry.
The order said: “Until
further notice, no records produced in discovery shall be disseminated or their
contents disclosed to third persons prior to trial or adjudication on the
merits.”
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