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	Judge Allows Case against Priest to Move Ahead Chicago Public Radio December 17, 2009 http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38919 Chicago -- A Cook County judge says the state's attempt to commit a former priest can move forward. The former priest, Daniel McCormack, was convicted of sexually abusing several boys. The state wants to classify McCormack as a sexually violent person and commit him for treatment when his prison sentence is over. A judge denied a defense move to stop that process. Catholic community organizer Mary Lu O'Halloran was happy with that ruling. She thinks people in the church are still confusing pedophilia with homosexuality. O'HALLORAN: And if our kids are going to be safe, we as parents and grandparents need to understand what the disease of pedophilia is like and what it means, why it's important that people like former Father McCormack are in prison. On Jan. 19, the judge is expected to decide if there's enough evidence to hold a commitment hearing. If McCormack is committed, he'd be only the second priest in the state to be declared sexually violent.
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