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

Defrocked Philadelphia Catholic priest Robert Brennan was sentenced in federal court Thursday to five years' probation for lying to FBI agents who asked whether he knew an alleged victim of sex abuse.

Mike and Debbie McIlmail, parents of Sean McIlmail, in the Philadelphia office of (left) Marci Hamilton on Tuesday.
Mike and Debbie McIlmail, parents of Sean McIlmail, in the Philadelphia office of (left) Marci Hamilton on Tuesday.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer