Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was released from federal prison in Minnesota on Monday night

Hastert, 75, was sentenced to 15 months behind bars for violating federal banking laws by paying out $1.7 million to a former sexual abuse victim

He pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted to molesting five minors between 1965 and 1981 while working as a high school teacher and wrestling coach

Hastert also admitted to the 'intentional touching of minors’ groin area and genitals or oral sex with a minor'

In sentencing him the judge in the case declared Hastert a 'serial child molester'

He will not have to register as a sex offender but will undergo sex offender treatment

Dennis Hastert was released from a federal prison in Minnesota on Monday after 13 months behind bars and returned home to Illinois.

The former Speaker of the House was sentence back in 2016 for paying $1.7 million to one of the five teenage boys he admittedly molested while working as a teacher and wrestling coach from 1965 to 1981 at Yorkville High Scool.

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Hastert, 75, could not be charged for molesting these minors due to statute of limitation laws in the state, and was instead convicted of breaking federal banking laws.

He will now spend one month at a reentry facility in Chicago, records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons stating that he will be released on August 16 after serving 14 months of his 15 month sentence.

Hastert will then be placed on probation but will not be forced to register as a sex offender due to the fact that he was not charged with molesting his victims, but he will have to undergo sex offender treatment.

Rolling free: Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was released from federal prison in Minnesota on Monday night after 13 months behind bars (Hastert entering prison last June)

Hastert was sentenced in 2016 for paying $1.7M to one of the five teen boys he molested while working as a wrestling coach at Yorkville High Scool. The 1979 Yorkville High School yearbook wrestling team with Hastert (circled top left) and victim Scott Cross (circled bottom row)

The abuse committed by Hastert was addressed in sentencing documents presented to the judge by the government, with the court filing explaining why Hastert had withdrawn such a large sum of money from his bank accounts.

'The actual purpose of the withdrawals was to pay an agreed-upon total of $3.5 million to compensate Individual A for sexual abuse of Individual A committed by defendant when Individual A was 14 years old and defendant was his wrestling coach,' stated the document.

That abuse was later described as 'intentional touching of minors’ groin area and genitals or oral sex with a minor.'

The document went on to explain: 'The actions at the core of this case took place not on the defendant’s national public stage but in his private one-on-one encounters in an empty locker room and a motel room with minors that violated the special trust between those young boys and their coach.'

Court filings also stated that Hastert would spend his time in the locker room sitting in a reclining chair and staring at the boys while they changed and showered following practice.

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Hastert became one of the highest ranking politicians to ever be incarcerated when he entered prison last June.

He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986 and in 1999 became Speaker of the House, a position he held until 2007, longer than any other Speaker in history.

He resigned his House seat after his fellow Illinoisian Barack Obama defeated Senator John McCain in November of 2007, choosing at that time to become a lobbyist with Dickstein Shapiro.

Hastert was approached by one of the boys he molested in 2010, and agreed to pay out $3.5 million over the next few years in exchange for his silence, but his withdrawals drew the attention of federal investigators.

In 2013, an investigation was launched by the FBI and IRS, with grand jury charges submitted the following year.

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One of the five victims, Scott Cross, eventually came forward and revealed that he was molested by Hastert after the disgraced politician called his brother asking if he would write a letter on his behalf.

When his brother did not return Hastert's call, his legal team followed up with a letter.

Fall from grace: Hastert (arriving to court in 2015) acknowledged that he 'mistreated' some of his athletes, and said of Cross' claim: 'I don't remember doing that but I accept (his) statement'

At Hastert's sentencing hearing, Cross recounted the night that he revealed to Hastert how nervous he was about making weight and his coach said he would give him a massage to help ease his nerves.

Halfway through that massage, Hastert began to fondle Cross' genitals, at which point the teenager jumped off the table and ran off.

Hastert acknowledged hat he 'mistreated' some of his athletes, and said of Cross' claim: 'I don't remember doing that but I accept (Cross's) statement.'

The most emotional moment of that sentencing hearing came when Jolene Burdge read a letter she had written about her brother Steve, who was one of Hastert's victims and in 1995 died of an AIDs-related illness.

'You took Steve's right to discover and develop his sexual identity in a normal, healthy way,' read Jolene in a statement she had written prior to her appearance.

'His diminishing self-worth left him vulnerable to your ongoing manipulation.'

She went on to explain how her brother ran away from home and avoided his family, taking away what time they could have had together because he was so ashamed of the abuse.

'Now I stand here 20 years later with the truth on my side,' said Jolene. 'I hope I have been your worst nightmare.'

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In sentencing him the judge in the case declared Hastert a 'serial child molester.'