By Anthony Ponce and Bj Lutz
NBC Chicago
January 19, 2010
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/mccormack-sexual-abuse-hearing-82077537.html
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Dan McCormack will remain in a secure treatment facility until jury decides whether he'll be labeled a Sexually Violent Person
A defrocked priest and convicted sex offender will remain in a secure treatment facility until a jury decides whether he will remain incarcerated until Illinois' Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, a judge ruled Tuesday.
The law allows judges to keep sexual offenders locked up in a secure treatment facility until they are deemed to no longer be a threat to the public.
"We think it's a good day for Illinois because at least for the moment, Dan McCormack will still be held and he can't abuse any children while he's being held," said Barbara Blaine, the national president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
Dr. Angeline Stanislaus, a psychiatrist who specializes in evaluating and treating sex offenders, testified that McCormack meets the criteria for a Sexually Violent Person. She also testified that McCormack had received no sex offender treatment in the community or during his time in prison.
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