https://www.wglt.org/tags/dennis-hastert Dennis Hastert en-US Copyright Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:40:28 GMT https://www.wglt.org/politics-and-government/2026-10-05/dennis-hastert-former-us-house-speaker-disgraced-by-sex-abuse-allegations-dies-at-84 The Aurora native rose in the ranks from a member of the Illinois House of Representatives to the U.S. Speaker of the House. But his conviction in 2016 for financial misconduct as part of a plan to pay hush money led to explosive revelations in federal court that he sexually abused teenage boys in the 1970s while he was a wrestling coach at Yorkville High School. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:40:28 GMT https://www.wglt.org/politics-and-government/2026-10-05/dennis-hastert-former-us-house-speaker-disgraced-by-sex-abuse-allegations-dies-at-84