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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated.] J. Goldberg affirms a Superior Court ruling dismissing consolidated complaints against Roman Catholic bishops in Rhode Island by three alleged victims of sexually abusive priests as time-barred, after determining that the church officials fell within the state law classification of non-perpetrator, even if their conduct, as the litigants contend, would be subject to criminal prosecution. The alleged victims argue that the accused Catholic bishops are criminally responsible as perpetrators of the sex crimes committed against them, based on the officials’ own conduct. However, state legislators “deliberately drew a clear dichotomy between perpetrator and non-perpetrator defendants for retroactive application of the statute of limitations.” Affirmed.