A defrocked priest accused of sexual assault was sentenced to probation for lying to the FBI

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A former Catholic priest who was defrocked in 2017 amid allegations that he had sexually molested young boys for years while the church moved him from parish to parish was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation for lying to the FBI.

Robert Brennan, 84, must spend the first 24 months of his sentence on home detention wearing an ankle monitor, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody said.

Brennan admitted he lied to investigators in 2019 when they questioned him about a young man who had accused him of sexual abuse.

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