Salesians fight hard and heavy, with onslaught of motions, re summary judgment in Titian Miani cases, hearing Wednesday morning

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By Kay Ebeling
Hearings continue in the Clergy Cases in Los Angeles as Catholic orders such as the Claretians, Oblates, Bendectines, Salesians, and Piarists try to get their share of liability for 50 years of pedophile priests in Southern California dismissed in court.

Wednesday September 19th lawyers will argue a motion for summary judgment of the Salesians’ share of responsibility for 50 years of sex crimes carried out in the Southern California Catholic Church, at a hearing in Dept 20 of Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Fromholz still presiding.

Salesian priest Titian Miani preyed on children in Los Angeles from 1957 until he was arrested in 2003. “The Salesians are the third largest Religious Order in the world and the most aggressive defense we've seen,” a plaintiff attorney told me.

Remember the deposition where church attorneys rep blocked the door to keep plaintiffs from questioning an aging priest? That was regarding Titian Miani. Salesians have worked doubly hard to block depositions and prevent discovery of documents in the Clergy Cases Los Angeles 2007.

Couldn’t get any of the documents to open in Room 106 Tuesday morning but just from reading the titles of documents you can follow the fight the Salesians’ Order has fought since June 18 when it filed the motion for summary judgment being argued Wednesday morning.

DOCUMENTS FILED ON ONE MIANI (SALESIANS) CASE SINCE JUNE 18 2007

June 18 2007

By Defendant
Declaraion of Father Maurizio Girolami in support of Defendants the Salesian Society and St. John Bosco High school’s motion for summary judgment of in the alternative summary adjudication.
8 pages

By defendant
Proof of service of Defendant Doe 1’s motion for Summary judgment
1 page

By Defendant
Declaration of Jeffrey S. Koenig in support of motion for summary judgment
1 page
(this means even if you could open it, it would only be the title page, a trick the church uses to keep its public documents private.)

By Defendant
Declaration of Rev. David T. Purdy in support of Salesian Society and St. John Bosco motion for summary judgment
4 pages

By Defendant
The Salesia Society and St. John Bosco High school memorandum of pointsi and authorities in support of motion for summary judgment
1 page

By Defendant
Separate Statement of Undisputed amterial Facts in support of motion for summary judgment
1 page

By Defendant
Declaration of Leila Nourani in support of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment
(Leila Nourani also files a similar statement in support of summary judgment for BC308555)
356 pages

By Defendant
Declaration of Monsignor Gabriel Gonzales in support of Defendant Doe 1’s motion for summary judgment
Also for BC308555
1 page (right, 1 page)

By Defendant
Statement of Undisputed Facts in support of Defendant Doe 1’s mooj for summary judgment of BC308555 and BC308301
1 page

By Plaintiff
Volume 1 of 4 exhibits filed under seasl
Motion for leave to allege punitive damages
Filed on the same date as defendants’ motion for summary judgment in these cases.
2 more documents representing a long list of plaintiffs filing exhibit under seal

By Defendant
Proof of service of Motion for Summary judgment and supporting documents

By Defendant
Declaration of Reverend Ralph Murphy SDB, in support of defendants the Salesian Society and st. John Bosco High school

By Defendant
Declaration of Father Maurizio Girolami in support of motion for summary judgment by Salesians
8 pages

By defendant
Declaration of Michael J. Alvarez in support of Defendants’ the salesians motion for summary judgment
3 ‘ages

By defendant
The Salesian Society Notice of Motion for summary judgment
5 pages

By defendant
Declaration of Rev. Ralph Murphy, SDB in support of summary judgment motion
2 pages

By Plaintiffs
Notice of filing exhitis under seal
2 pages

AND THAT'S JUST FOR JUNE 18TH

June 19

By Defendant
Defendant Salesian Socity’s motion to quash the amended deposition notice of Lester Howse
3 pages

June 25

Plaintiffs
Four more motions
Two for leave to allege punitive damages
Two to continue hearing re motion for punitive damages
4 pages each

The hearing will be Wednesday September 19

July 2

By defendant
Proof of service of defendant Salesian Society’s application to enlaarge page limit for defendants’ memorandum of points & authorities
3 pages
Plus two more motions in support of extending the page limit

July 9

By defendant
Declaration of Paul M. Balestracci in response to motion for an order to compel complaianc with non-party deposition and records subpoena
(I really want to see this, will come back and dive later this week and hopefully the documents will open again by then)
10 pages

July 11

By Plaintiff
Reply to defendant’s opposition to plaintiffs motion for leave to allege punitive damages
39 pages

July 11

By Plaintiff
Responses to defendants’ Evidentiary Objections re Motion for leave to allege punitive damages
5 pages

July 12

Either plaintiff or defendant, unable to tell, but probably plaintiff
Notice of taking Deposition of Barbara Buchanan
7 pages
plus
Commission to take out of state deposition of Barbara Buchanan
2 pages

July 24

By defendant
Titian Miani’s Privilege Log
68 pages
Will definitely come back to look at this

July 25

By Plaintiffs
Motion for an order to compel complaiance with non party deposition and records of subpoena
1 page

July 27

By defendant
Supplemental Opposition to plaintiffs ex parte application re motion for summary judgment hearing
6 pages

July 30, 2007

By Judge
Certificate of Referee
1 page

August 1

By judge
Stipulation and order appointing referee pursuant to CCP Section 638
5 pages

August 9

By Plaintiffs
Ex parte application for an order shortening time to bring motion to compel answers and production of documents
369 pages

August 13

By Plaintiffs
Ex parte application for an order shortening time to bring motion to compel answers and production of documents
177 pages

Several motions from both sides re continuing hearings and trial dates.

August 15

By defendant
Opposition to Plaintiffs motion to compel answers and production of documents
12 pages

By defendant
Declaration of Courtney Henning in support of defendants opposition to motion to compel answers
58 pages

August 17

By plaintiffs
Notice of Deposition of Dr. Vard Miller with Production of documents required
8 pages

Hearing tomorrow Wednesday September 19th re motion for summary judgment declaring the Salesians free of guilt and liability.

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On Tuesday attorneys for both sides appeared before the judge for a motion to continue a trial date re another Order brought attorneys for both sides in front of the judge. The new trial date is now November 12. City of Angels Lady is perplexed as to why a motion to continue a trial date requires attorneys for both defendants and plaintiffs to appear in front of the judge. To set a new trial date? We will dig for an answer to that question and many others in the days ahead.

More to come. . .