Chicago archdiocese settles sex abuse suit for $1.2M to victim of ex-priest Daniel McCormack

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Chicago archdiocese settles sex abuse suit for $1.2M to victim of ex-priest Daniel McCormack
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Daniel McCormack is one of the most notorious pedophiles in the history of Chicago's archdiocese after pleading guilty to sexually abusing 5 children.

and has registered as a sex offender with the Illinois State Police. According to published reports, he was listed at that time as living in Chicago's Near North neighborhood.

The settlement follows other similar settlements in which the archdiocese has agreed to pay men who alleged they were abused by McCormack when they were children. RELATED: Sex abuse survivors call on attorney general to keep convicted former Chicago priest behind bars In all, the archdiocese has paid well over $12 million to men who filed lawsuits or settled cases involving McCormack before filing lawsuits.

Like many of the other victims, the man who filed the most recently settled lawsuit said that he was sexually abused while McCormack was a priest at St. Agatha's. According to the news release, the man alleged he was attending an after-school program at the parish when McCormack sexually abused him on multiple occasions in 2005.

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