PHILADLEPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
By Kelly Bayliss, Dan Stamm and David Chang | Thursday, Oct 17, 2013
The victim in the sexual assault case against a Philadelphia Catholic priest is dead, according to District Attorney Seth Williams.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce that the victim in the rape and assault case against Father Robert Brennan passed away unexpectedly,” Williams announced in a press release Thursday.
The victim, who was allegedly raped by Robert Brennan while serving as an altar boy from 1998 to 2001, was found dead by Philadelphia Police Detectives over the weekend.
Brennan, now 75, was arrested on Sept. 25 in Perryville, Md. and was returned to Philadelphia on Sept. 26 after waiving extradition. He is charged with rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse and aggravated sexual assault. Previous allegations of abuse by Brennan, detailed in a grand jury report, did not result in charges because the alleged assaults fell outside the state’s statute of limitations.
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