A former Roman Catholic priest deemed to be a sexually violent person has been committed indefinitely to an Illinois facility for sex offenders.
Daniel McCormack will be confined in a detention facility in Rushville, where he has been living since 2009. He completed a five-year sentence that year for molesting five boys in the West Side Chicago parish where he worked as a priest, teacher and basketball coach.
Cook County Circuit Judge Dennis Porter in a September trial found McCormick to be a sexually violent person.
In ordering McCormack committed indefinitely, Porter said Wednesday he couldn't disregard the fact the defrocked priest "has never been of the belief that he has a problem."
A spokeswoman for the Illinois Attorney General's office said McCormack will be re-evaluated annually to determine if he is eligible for release.
