Anderson v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging that he was sexually abused in 1950s and 1960s by certain individuals in Catholic church and others, where said lawsuit was filed beyond applicable Ill. statute of limitations/ repose that allowed said lawsuit to be filed up to 12 years after date on which plaintiff obtained age of 18. As such, plaintiff had until reasonable period beyond 1991 to file instant lawsuit, and instant lawsuit was not filed until 2011. Ct. rejected plaintiff’s argument that defendant was estopped from raising statute of limitations/repose defense, even though defendant had offered plaintiff in 2007 some sort of assistance in order “to heal” plaintiff, since said offer occurred after applicable limitations period had expired and did not reflect defendant’s intent to forfeit any statute of repose defense.