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This is a civil action for damages for sexual abuse committed against the plaintiff by Brother Beaulieu, a member of the Order of the Sacred Heart, a former teacher at Bishop Guertin High School, and a former staff employee at Camp Fatima. The plaintiff alleges he was sexually abused and molested by Beaulieu between 1972 and 1975 while a camper at Camp Fatima and a student at Bishop Guertin High School. The alleged abuse ended in the fall of 1975 during the plaintiffs junior year at Bishop Guertin when Beaulieu attempted to force the plaintiff to perform fellatio. After the forcible assault, the plaintiff left school and never returned.

Inasmuch as the procedural history of this case is so unusual, it must be reviewed prior to the Court's ruling on the issues presented for determination. On September 2, 1993, the plaintiff brought suit against three defendants, Michael Hazen, Ralph Maxwell, and the Kingdom, Inc., on several legal theories as a result of her being sexually assaulted in June of 1977. She alleged that the assault was perpetrated by Defendant Hazen on property owned by Defendant The Kingdom, Inc., at a time when Defendant Maxwell was its minister.