McCormack victims to receive $4.5M settlements from Archdiocese

ILLINOIS
WLS

Apr 26, 2017

(CHICAGO) Three victims of defrocked priest Daniel McCormack will $4.5 million in settlements from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

John Q. Doe, who sued the Archdiocese in March 2016, alleged he was abused by McCormack on multiple occasions in 2004 and 2005, when he was an 11-year-old participating in a basketball program at St. Agatha’s Catholic Church and Our Lady of the Westside Catholic School, according to a statement from Doe’s attorneys, Mark A. Brown of Lane & Lane LLC.

The $1.75 million settlement was reached late last week, according to the attorneys.

Two brothers also agreed to a settlement of their suit, which alleged they were sexually assaulted in 2004 and 2005 when they were participants in an after school program and summer camp at the parish called “S.A.F.E.”

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