Daniel McCormack

The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.2 million to a man who alleged that he was sexually abused when he was 12 years old by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexually abusing several boys, the man’s attorney announced on Tuesday.

Disgraced former Priest Daniel McCormack, facing 10 civil lawsuits over his sexual abuse of children, was deposed in court on Thursday. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the details.

Convicted child molester Daniel McCormack was released from custody last month, the Illinois Department of Human Services confirmed Tuesday.

An Illinois appeals court has reversed a trial judge’s ruling that a convicted child molester and defrocked priest can be held longer than his sentence, according to a Tuesday court filing.

An Illinois appeals court has reversed a trial judge’s ruling that a convicted child molester and defrocked priest can be held longer than his sentence, according to a Tuesday court filing.

The Archdiocese of Chicago recently paid out a nearly $3 million settlement to a man who was abused by former priest Daniel McCormack.

A court hearing could keep a former disgraced Chicago priest confined indefinitely.
A lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court seeks more than $50 million in damages from convicted child molester and defrocked priest Daniel McCormack and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Daniel McCormack, a former priest convicted of molesting children in his Chicago parish, was deemed to still be a sexually violent person by Judge Dennis Porter.

Daniel McCormack, a former priest convicted of molesting children in his Chicago parish, is a minimal risk to abuse children if released from a state mental institution, a state psychologist testified Thursday.

A court hearing could keep a former disgraced Chicago priest confined indefinitely.

A hearing is set to determine whether a former Chicago priest should remain locked up indefinitely at an Illinois facility for sex offenders.

Former Chicago priest Daniel McCormack heads to a new trial this fall to determine if the defrocked priest will remain in state custody.