With all the legal and public relations problems the Catholic Church has had in the last few weeks, the last thing church leaders need is to be called gangsters. But that’s what St. Paul, Minn., lawyer Jeffrey Anderson has done, suing a group of Catholic bishops for allegedly violating federal anti-racketeering laws.

Yet, despite allegations of sexual abuse of teen-age boys, bribery and coverup, lawyers say Anderson’s RICO case will face an uphill fight.

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