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The Archdiocese of Chicago agreed to pay $1.68 million to $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged former priest and convicted sex offender Daniel McCormack sexually abused a former fifth grade student at Our Lady of the Westside School, the plaintiff’s attorney announced Wednesday.
The agreement settles a suit brought against the archdiocese and Cardinal Francis George in December, 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
The suit was filed by a male Chicago plaintiff, now 23, who chose to remain anonymous and is identified as John Doe.
It alleged that at various times in the 2000 to 2001 school year, McCormack “inappropriately sexually touched, hugged, rubbed and/or abused” the plaintiff and “maintained a sexually abusive relationship with Doe, under the guise of counseling” him.
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