Former u.s. Congressman is sentenced to prison for abuse

Dennis Hastert: Federal prosecutors said that Hastert a man paid a total of $ 1.7 million

The former President of the us Congress House of representatives Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison for paying a victim so they don't denounce the abuse suffered as a child-the American press announced on Wednesday.

As part of the sentence, which also includes two years of probation, the District Judge Thomas Durkin of Chicago also recommended that Hastert attend a treatment program for sex offenders.

Federal prosecutors said that Hastert a man paid a total of $ 1.7 million-just under half of the agreed amount-between 2010 and 2014 in periodic installments until the Government began investigating him.