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December 11, 2013 (CHICAGO) — A 27-year-old Chicago man on Wednesday filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Chicago, alleging he was a victim of convicted priest Daniel McCormack.
Darryl McArthur also came forward to speak of the alleged abuse, choosing not to file his suit as a “John Doe,” because he said he wanted “to put a face to the abuse and a voice to victims.”
The abuse allegedly occurred while he was a student, altar boy and an athlete at St. Ailbe, where McCormack, convicted in several similar cases, was an associate pastor in the 1990s, McArthur said. It began in fourth grade, continuing through sixth grade, McArthur said.
“He gained my family’s trust, as a priest and a coach, and he used those opportunities to sodomize me,” McArthur said.
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