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	Unfortunately, Hightower Is Still Law By Kay Ebeling City of Angels September 30, 2009 http://cityofangels5.blogspot.com/2009/09/unfortunately-hightower-is-still-law_29.html I wondered why church attorneys are still citing the Hightower case, when it is a very unusual case, not demonstrative of most clergy cases. The lawsuit was filed from prison - late - by Thomas Hightower, a convicted pedophile who used the rape by a priest decades ago in his own defense, so he did not qualify for the one-year 2003 window. I thought Hightower was no longer an issue since his appeal was turned down. We reported on Hightower in May and that story is reprinted blow. Both the Church and Plaintiffs now wait for the Court to decide on two other more related cases, KJ and Quarry. However, Hightower is still relevant, an attorney and reader explained to me: "Quarry and KJ are uncitable as they are up on review before the Supremes. So until the Supremes resolve those two cases, Hightower remains the law.
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