Source: Alleged Spy Told Wife, Priest of Activities Years Earlier

ByABC News
June 16, 2001, 9:02 AM

June 16 -- Accused FBI spy Robert Hanssen told his wife Bonnie about his activities as early as 1980, well before prosecutors have said he started passing secrets to Moscow, a source has told ABCNEWS.

When Bonnie Hanssen confronted her husband, the source added, he said he was trying to trick the Russians and see whether they'd pay him money. The acknowledgement led to a confrontation between the two and she forced her husband to meet with a priest.