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$300,000 bond set for Chicago priest

CHICAGO, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A judge set bond at $300,000 Thursday for a Chicago Catholic priest accused of molesting three young boys at a West Side church.

Rev. Daniel McCormack was charged with fondling a third child Wednesday, 11 days after he was accused of molesting two other boys, WLS-TV, Chicago, reported.

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McCormack, 37, was pastor at St. Agatha Catholic Church, where he was called "Father Dan." The third allegation of abuse involved an 8-year-old boy who was not a member of the congregation or the church school.

The alleged abuse occurred in January -- after the Archdiocese of Chicago had restricted McCormack from having any unsupervised contact with young children. He was accused of molesting an 8-year-old boy in August, and a 9-year-old said he was molested two or three times a month between 2001 and 2005.

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