Chicago Archdiocese to pay $3.2 million to settle sex abuse case, attorney says
November 15, 2011 By the CNN Wire Staff
Protesters call for Cardinal Francis George to resign in 2006 after he failed to remove a priest charged with abusing minors.
The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $3.2 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged church leaders failed to remove a priest they knew had sexually abused minors, the plaintiff’s attorneys said Tuesday.
The priest in question, the former Rev. Daniel McCormack, was arrested in 2006 and charged with multiple counts of criminal assault; he pleaded guilty in 2007, according to the attorneys.
“On behalf of the victim, who was between the ages of 10-12 years old when he was abused, we are pleased to have reached this settlement because it marks one more step toward bringing justice to him and his family,” William Martin, the plaintiff’s lawyer, said in a written statement announcing the settlement.