CHICAGO (IL)
WGN
[with video]
by Julie Unruh
Reporter
Thousands of documents detailing Catholic priests in Chicago took advantage of the children were finally released to the public Tuesday.
But what did Cardinal Francis George know? And could he have done more?
Daniel McCormack was once a rising star. With time, however, his luster began to tarnish as his tendency to prey on young men was coming to light. Dozens of victims came forward and some cases are still in court today.
What the cardinal knew about them came up in a previously unpublished 2008 deposition. In it, lawyer Jeff Anderson grills the cardinal saying:
“It was the Review Board that recommended he be removed from ministry October 15th, was it not?”
Cardinal George: ‘They gave me that advice, yes. I wish that I had followed it with all my heart.”
Lawyer: “You didn’t follow it?”
Cardinal George: “I didn’t because I thought that they had not finished the case’s investigation. They hadn’t considered all the evidence.”
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