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Litigation

May 1, 2002

Experts Question Use Of RICO Against Clergy

LOS ANGELES - Can a law designed to crack down on mobsters be used to win damages from the Roman Catholic Church in the growing priest sexual abuse scandal?

By Erin Carroll
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Can a law designed to crack down on mobsters be used to win damages from the Roman Catholic Church in the growing priest sexual abuse scandal?
        The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO as it is popularly known, is a broadly written law that, for th...

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