Ratcliff

Filed 5/19/22; Modified and Certified for Publication 6/15/22 (order attached) Opinion following transfer from Supreme Court

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

CHARLES RATCLIFF, JR., et B302558 al., (Los Angeles County Super. Plaintiffs and Respondents, Ct. No. 19STCV20138)

v.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC

ARCHBISHOP OF LOS

ANGELES et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Elizabeth R. Feffer, Judge. Affirmed. McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan, Lee W. Potts and Elizabeth S. Lachman for Defendants and Appellants. Law Offices of Anthony DeMarco, Anthony M. DeMarco; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Holly N. Boyer, Shea S. Murphy and Kevin K. Nguyen for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

__________________________ Seven adults allege they were molested by a priest when they were children. They brought suit against The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles and related entities (Archdiocese or defendants), alleging defendants were vicariously liable for ratifying the molestation and directly liable for their own negligence in failing to supervise…