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	Summary Box: Chicago Priest Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse Associated Press, carried in WQAD [Chicago, IL] July 2, 2007 http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=6740002&nav=1sW7 WHO: The Rev. Daniel McCormack, 38, former parish priest at St. Agatha Catholic Church on Chicago's West Side. McCormack also was an algebra teacher and boys' basketball coach at the nearby Our Lady of the Westside School. WHAT HAPPENED: McCormack pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for abusing five boys aged 8 to 12 between September 2001 and January 2006. Judge Thomas Sumner immediately sentenced McCormack to five years in prison. WHAT'S NEXT: McCormack has 30 days to appeal his sentence. Cardinal Francis George has instructed his staff to begin the process of removing McCormack from the priesthood.
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