Chicago Catholic Diocese Settles Priest Sex Abuse Case for $1.2 Million

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a boy who was sexually abused by former priest Daniel McCormack, an attorney for the family said Wednesday.

The settlement calls for $1.1 million to be paid to the boy, who is 16, and $100,000 to the boy's mother. In September, the archdiocese agreed to pay $2.5 million to the boy's younger brother, who also was abused by McCormack.

McCormack who pled guilty last year to molesting five boys while pastor at Our Lady of the Westside School was sentenced to five years in prison.

A report filed earlier this year by counselors for the two brothers said both suffer from "extreme sadness ... confusion, anger, shock, rage, mistrust of men."

Five lawsuits have been filed alleging sexual abuse by McCormack, and only one remains pending.  So far, the archdiocese has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle claims arising from McCormack's conduct.

Overall, the archdiocese has paid out about $82 million to settle claims involving clergy sex abuse cases.