Judge denies bond for convicted sex abuser, defrocked priest facing new charges

CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Sun-Times

BY TINA SFONDELES Staff Reporter May 22, 2014

A Cook County judge on Thursday denied bond for convicted child molester and defrocked Catholic priest Daniel McCormack who is facing a new charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in an alleged 2005 incident involving a minor boy.

The latest criminal charge may bolster state efforts to have McCormack labeled as a sexually violent person, authorities said.

McCormack, dressed in a White Sox T-shirt, shorts and gym shoes, appeared at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Thursday afternoon.

Prosecutors say the alleged victim was 10 at the time of the alleged abuse and a parishioner at St. Agatha Catholic Church in the 3100 block of West Douglas in Chicago where McCormack worked as a priest.

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