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Litigation

Jun. 8, 2002

Abuse Suits Can Be Battle for the Ages

LOS ANGELES - There is no litigation hell quite like that offered by the Catholic Church, which in the past decade has resorted to hard-core tactics typically reserved for tobacco companies and other manufacturers of faulty products to turn aside claims made by its faithful, according to attorneys for victims of clergy sex abuse.

By John Ryan and Jeffrey Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writers
        LOS ANGELES - There is no litigation hell quite like that offered by the Catholic Church, which in the past decade has resorted to hard-core tactics typically reserved for tobacco companies and other manufacturers of faulty products to turn aside claims made by its faithful, according to attorneys for...

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