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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 31, 2002

No Guarantees Upon Entering the House of the Lord

SAN FRANCISCO - You say your prayers, you take your chances. The Roman Catholic Church is not responsible for the savage beating of a parishioner by a weapon-wielding homeless man who was given shelter by a pastor, a state appellate court has ruled.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - You say your prayers, you take your chances.
        The Roman Catholic Church is not responsible for the savage beating of a parishioner by a weapon-wielding homeless man who was given shelter by a pastor, a state appellate court has ruled....

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