Judge Refuses To Dismiss Coverage Dispute Over Sexual Abuse Claims Against Diocese

Mealey's (August 16, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota federal judge on Aug. 10 denied a general liability insurer’s motion to dismiss another insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that the defendant has a duty to defend and indemnify underlying allegations that the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minn., and other parishes committed decades of sexual abuse (The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America v. Arrowood Indemnity Company, et al., No. 17-3141, D. Minn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135665)....