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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (6518)10/3/2006 7:59:12 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (2) of 224718
 
This creep refuses to be an adult and swallow the medicine...poor baby says he was abused. Does he represent a Miami gay district?

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Mark Foley was molested between the ages 13 and 15 by a clergyman, his attorney David Roth told reporters late Tuesday.

Roth said Foley also wants Americans to know that he is a gay man but he never had sexual contact with a minor. Foley was admitted on Saturday night to a mental health facility, where he will remain for at least 30 days.

"As so often is the case of victims of abuse Mark ... kept his shame to himself for almost 40 years," Roth said.

Roth said Foley wanted to release the name and religious affiliation where his alleged molestation occurred, but was advised by counsel to delay naming names. However, details of the clergyman, the timeframe and the situation will be released when counsel advises Foley to do so.

"Mark sustained trauma as a young adolescent," Roth said. He "attributes this to his inappropriate IMs and text messages, but does not make any excuses for them."

Foley resigned from Congress last week after news broke of inappropriate e-mail correspondences between the Florida Republican and a male teenage congressional page written more than a year ago.
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