Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Date unavailable
John J.P. Doe, Appellant, v. Archdiocese of St. Louis, et al., Respondents.
John Doe appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Father Alexander Anderson and the Archdiocese of St. Louis on his claims of childhood sexual abuse and intentional failure to supervise clergy. The trial court had ruled that Doe lacked standing because his cause of action was property of his bankruptcy estate. The appellate court reversed, holding that Doe's cause of action accrued when he recovered his memory of the abuse, which occurred after his bankruptcy filings, thus granting him standing to pursue his claims.