You actually think he would pay that kind of money if all he had to do was confide in his wife. Also, this person was likely going public with this if not for the money. Yes, he would pay that kind of money to keep from the public and his wife that he was a PEDOPHILE, I don’t find that hard to believe. Why do you? You really think Hastert wanted to go public and say “hey, I molested kids, and I just want it out in the open, and by the way I am going to tell my wife too…”. No, he was willing to pay to cover that up, and if not for the Patriot Act, he would have easily made the payments and no one would have found out.
Edit: And for record, I fell for your bait. What Hastert did is not pedophilia or child molestation. He had sex with a minor. In cases where the kid is past puberty, sexual orientation is definitely relevant.
So yes, Hastert was also hiding that he was gay or bi, no doubt.