PALM SPRINGS (CA)
Palm Springs Desert Sun
October 12, 2018
By Christopher Damien
Peter McCormick was already a member of a special religious order that treats clergy who engaged in “deviant” behavior, including but not limited to sexual misconduct, when he was assigned to the Palm Desert’s Sacred Heart Church in 1984, and diocese leaders knew. McCormick has admitted to sexual acts with an adolescent boy for years while he was a priest at the prominent local church.
McCormick began sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in Hollywood in 1990, which continued until the victim was an adult, according to the diocese. It is unclear if the victim was a member of the Palm Desert church. McCormick was a priest at the church until the victim made the allegation in 2000.
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