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	Ill. Priest Pleads Not Guilty to Abuse The Associated Press, carried in Times Daily [Chicago IL] June 9, 2006 http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20060609/APA/606090521&cachetime=5 A priest accused of sexually abusing three boys pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he abused two more children. Authorities said the two most recent counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against the Rev. Daniel McCormack involve a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy. Each charge carries a penalty ranging from probation up to seven years in prison. Prosecutors allege McCormack fondled the 11-year-old on "an almost daily basis" for nearly five months beginning in September. The Archdiocese of Chicago assigned a monitor to McCormack in August after molestation allegations first surfaced, though the archdiocese has said it couldn't confirm whether the alleged abuse occurred while McCormack was being monitored by a fellow priest. The alleged abuse against the 10-year-old took place sometime between August 2003 and June 2004, authorities said. McCormack pleaded not guilty in March to charges he molested three boys between September 2001 and January 2005. McCormack's attorney, Patrick Reardon, has said his client is innocent.
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