Ex-Priest Declared Sexually Violent; Fate Yet to Be Decided

CHICAGO (IL)
Associated Press via U.S. News and World Report

September 8, 2017

Judge declares former Chicago priest a sexually violent person; decision to come later on whether he will be held indefinitely in a facility for sex offenders

A former Chicago priest was deemed to be a sexually violent person by a Cook County judge on Friday, but whether he will be held indefinitely in a facility for sex offenders will be decided later.

With Cook County Circuit Judge Dennis Porter’s ruling, Daniel McCormack will remain at the state mental hospital in the southern Illinois town of Rushville or another state institution.

“I have no reasonable doubt that you will engage in future acts of sexual violence,” the judge said, not looking at McCormack.

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