CHICAGO (IL)
Associated Press via U.S. News and World Report
October 6, 2017
A lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages has been filed against the Archdiocese of Chicago and a former priest who was convicted of child molestation.
The lawsuit filed Thursday says the alleged victim developed a “trust relationship” with Daniel McCormack while playing on a basketball team he coached. The lawsuit alleges that McCormack sexually assaulted the person, identified only as “John Doe,” on one occasion, sometime between 1998 and 2000. It says memory of the abuse had been repressed until this summer.
The lawsuit also alleges that the archdiocese was aware of McCormack’s sexual misconduct, but still ordained him.
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