Thank you so much. As a parent, I can promise you this would have hit the papers 10 months ago. Are people so concerned with stature or afraid of embarrassment that they would let this guy off the hook so as not to ruin their kids chances to be involved in goverment in the future? We found out that a neighbor and friend of ours had molested his daughter. The wife/mother wass waffling about the daughter pressing charges, even though the daughter wanted to. My husband went to the police to ask if there was anything he could do to get him off the street. Nothing, the charges had to come from the family. My husband told them, if you don't press charges, he will put a sign on our front lawn telling everyone that a child molester lived across the street. He is now doing 30 years. It makes you wonder how many other preditors are out there and people know but for fear of their own embarrassment or future don't say anything.
I think the legal system has come a long way in protecting children. 20-30 years ago, this would have been swept under the rug. I hope he pays to the fullest extent of the law and there are no exception made for his political status or because of who he knows.
I am glad that justice is being served for your neighbor. I am glad that your husband inteceded on her behalf. That was nice. I will pray that she has emotional healing.
One more thing, by the way - there is a Judge in Corpus Christi, Texas that has come down hard on pedofiles. Once they are released from prison, he makes them put a sign in their yard that says "Sex Offender lives here". The penalty doesn't end in prison for those offenders.
Even if I disagree with the parents, I can see their POV. I can understand, so to speak. Congressmen are very powerful. It's scary to go after them. They can really eff you up if they want to.
The problem is that enough congressmen around this knew that Foley was gay and that he was creeping out the pages with his constant conversations and emails asking weird questions and making weird requests. They also knew he was involved in the issue of child exploitation. They should have had an intervention, so to speak, and even initiated an investigation beforehand, so they'd be fully armed for their assault to convince him to step down or at least retire.