A decade after former Roman Catholic priest Daniel McCormack was
arrested for molesting children at his West Side church, a Cook County
judge has ruled that victims abused by McCormack after September 2000
can seek punitive damages against the Chicago Archdiocese if their
lawsuits go to trial.
In a six-page ruling issued Tuesday, Cook County Circuit Judge Clare McWilliams wrote that it was reasonably likely that victims’ lawyers could prove to a jury that by ordaining McCormack and assigning him to parishes, the archdiocese acted with “utter disregard” and therefore deserves to be punished.
http://catholiccitizens.org/news/64228/archdiocese-of-chicago/
In a six-page ruling issued Tuesday, Cook County Circuit Judge Clare McWilliams wrote that it was reasonably likely that victims’ lawyers could prove to a jury that by ordaining McCormack and assigning him to parishes, the archdiocese acted with “utter disregard” and therefore deserves to be punished.
http://catholiccitizens.org/news/64228/archdiocese-of-chicago/
