丹尼斯·哈斯特尔特，这位曾因儿童性侵丑闻而声名狼藉的权势政客，现已去世。他是众议院任期最长的共和党议长，并于2016年承认在数十年前曾虐待少年。他享年84岁。
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. J. Dennis Hastert, a once-obscure Illinois congressman who rose to become the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House before falling from grace in a sex abuse scandal that came to light after he left government, has died.
J. 丹尼斯·哈斯特尔特曾是一名默默无闻的伊利诺伊州国会议员，后来崛起成为众议院任期最长的共和党议长，但在其离开政府后曝光的性虐待丑闻中跌落神坛。据肯德尔县验尸官声明，哈斯特尔特先生于上周末因自然原因去世，未提供其他细节。
He was 84. In a statement, the coroner in Kendall County, Ill., said Mr. Hastert died over the weekend of natural causes.
哈斯特尔特先生曾是一名教师和摔跤教练。2016年4月，他因违反联邦银行法被判入狱15个月，此前他曾秘密支付数百万美元以掩盖与一名男学生的不当性行为。他于2017年7月获释，此后尽管曾在华盛顿政坛显赫一时，但一直远离公众视线。
No other details were provided. Mr. Hastert, a former teacher and wrestling coach, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in April 2016 for violating federal banking laws, having made millions of dollars in secret payments to cover up sexual misconduct with a male student. He was released in July 2017 and from then on lived out of the public eye despite his earlier prominence in Washington.
在宣判时，哈斯特尔特先生承认，他在1965年至1981年期间担任伊利诺伊州约克维尔高中摔跤教练时，曾性侵过年仅14岁的少年摔跤手。判处他刑期的联邦法官称他为“惯犯儿童性侵犯者”。对于哈斯特尔特先生而言，这是一次令人震惊的陨落，他曾是身材魁梧、步履蹒跚的人物，昔日在国会大厅中穿行时，身边总是簇拥着助手和安保人员。
Mr. Hastert admitted at his sentencing that he sexually abused teenage wrestlers as young as 14 whom he coached at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Ill., where he worked from 1965 to 1981. The federal judge who sentenced Mr. Hastert called him “a serial child molester.”It was a stunning downfall for Mr. Hastert, a burly, stooped figure who had once trudged through the Capitol hallways surrounded by aides and a security detail.