CHICAGO (IL)
WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) — Archbishop Blase Cupich held his first Sunday mass at St. Agatha’s in the city’s West Side, a church formerly hurt by priest abuse scandal.
The new archbishop begins a new era for Chicago’s catholic community, choosing to celebrate mass at a parish where some dark history took place.
“I’m going there – as I will tell the people – to be a witness to the new life that’s possible in all of our lives and in all of our circumstances,” Cupich said.
Cupich’s celebration of mass later Sunday morning took place at the church where former Priest Daniel McCormack was convicted of sexually abusing at least five boys back in 2007.
As McCormack is serving a five-year prison sentence and the archdiocese pays millions in settlement costs to his victims, advocates are pleased with the message sent by the archbishop’s appearance at St. Agatha’s and want him to bring greater focus to rooting out the problem of priest sex abuse.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.