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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

CRIMINAL NO:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

19-

Date: Sept. 4,2019
Violations:

ROBERT BRENNAN

18 U.S.C. $ 1001 (making a
material false statement - 4

counts)

INDICTMENT
COUNTS ONE T HROUGH FOUR

THE GRAI{D JURY CHARGES THAT:
At dl times material to the indictment:

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Defendant ROBERT BRENNAN was a Catholic priest ordained on May 16,

1964, who served in the Archdiocese

ofPhiladelphia. From in or about December 1993 to in or

about June 2004, defendant BRENNAN served as a priest at Resurrection

ofOur Lord parish in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ("Resurrection").

2.

In or about September 2013, the Office of the District Attomey of the City of

Philadelphia filed criminal charges against defendant ROBERT BRENNAN, alleging that he had
sexually abused a minor, Sean Mcllmail, during defendant BRENNAN's stint at Resurrection

('lhe criminal allegations"). Defendant BRENNAN was arrested on September 26,2013.

3.

On or about October 13,2013, Sean

Mcllmail died ofa drug overdose. The

criminal charges against defendant ROBERT BRENNAN subsequently were dismissed.

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4.

In or about November 2013, the Mcllmail family filed a civil suit against the

Archdiocese of Philadelphia and defendant ROBERT BRENNAN ("the civil lawsuit"). The
Archdiocese ofPhiladelphia settled the civil lawsuit for an undisclosed amount on or about May

2,2018.

5.

On or about

April25,2019, in the District of Maryland and the Eastem District of

Pennsylvania, defendant

ROBERT BRENNA}I,
in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency of the
executive branch of the United States, knowingly and willfully made materially false, fictitious,
and fiaudulent statements and representations, in that defendant BRENNAN:

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Stated that prior to the criminal allegations and civil lawsuit, he did not know Sean
Mcllnail, when in fact he previously knew Sean Mcllmail;
Stated that prior to the criminal allegations and civil lawsuit, he did not know Sean
Mcllmail's father, Michael Mcllmail, Sr., when in fact he previously knew Michael
Mcllmail, Sr.;
Stated that prior to the criminal allegations and civil lawsuit, he did not know Sean
Mcllmail's mother, Deborah Mcllmail, when in fact he previously knew Deborah
Mcllmail;
Stated that prior to the criminal allegations and civil lawsuit, he did not know Sean
Mcllmail's brother, Michael Mcllmail. Jr., when in fact he previously knew
Michael Mcllmail, Jr..
Each ofthese statements was made in a matter related to an offense under chapter

109A, 110, 117andSection1591 of Title l8 ofthe United States Code.

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All in violation of Title

18, United States Code, Section

l00l.

A TRUE BILL:

GRAND JURY FOREPERSON

a12ri-r'rrWILLIAM M. MCSWAIN
LTNITED STATES ATTORNEY

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