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Foley Claims He Was Molested by Clergyman When He Was a Teen
FoxNews ^ | 10/3/06 | FoxNews

Posted on 10/03/2006 3:22:32 PM PDT by ableLight

Edited on 10/03/2006 3:55:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Attorney: Foley Was Molested as a Teen by a Clergyman

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

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

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

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To: Howlin

The age of consent in DC is apparently 16 years of age.

However, these pages were no longer in DC.

I believe federal rules apply in this situation, and 18 is going to be the defining age.

So, there might well have been a crime. I'm not sure.


61 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:10 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: ableLight

Is there anyone left in America that hasn't been molested? First, the Patches defense, now this....geez, he is trying every which way to wiggle his way out of this.


62 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:30 PM PDT by WillT
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To: ableLight

True or not, i'm sick and tired of everyone blaming their sickness on someone else. We have become a society in which no one takes responsibility for their own actions.


63 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:36 PM PDT by rivercat (Welcome to California. Now go home.)
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To: traditional1

A black, gay, alcoholic, Moslem, female sex abuse victim.


64 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Peace begins in the womb.)
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To: ableLight

Oh, well in that case...


65 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:56 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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Foley Was Sexually Abused as a Youth by Clergyman, Lawyer Says
``As so often the case with victims of abuse, Mark kept his shame to himself for nearly 40 years,'' Roth told reporters in Florida. When Foley was ``13 to 15 he was molested by a clergyman.''

66 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:57 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: Thrusher

Oprah's producer are booking him as we speak. First interview goes to Oprah, then the media blitz to sell Foley's memoirs.

Title of memoirs: "A Thousand Little Pages"

Ugghhhh...


67 posted on 10/03/2006 3:31:58 PM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: ableLight
Can you believe this? First he blames it on alcohol, now it's molestation as a child...

Well, it appears that he wasn't to blame for his actions.

Glad that I have never cast a vote for that lowlife RINO.

It's amazing how politicians are ALWAYS first to blame others for all issues at hand but never, ever make a mistake in their lives.

68 posted on 10/03/2006 3:32:05 PM PDT by EGPWS (Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
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To: traditional1

or a Kennedy


69 posted on 10/03/2006 3:32:07 PM PDT by musikman
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To: Dane
And his book, don`t forget the book deals.


70 posted on 10/03/2006 3:32:09 PM PDT by Screamname (Ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.)
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To: ableLight
Hmmm ... did I post that earlier? Grew up Catholic in Mass., the time was right ... why not claim it?

Doesn't excuse a thing but if the RATs press to hard on this, they're going to do some real damage to their gay constituents. After all, if a 16 year old isn't safe from a gay US Congressman, what chance does an 11 year old stand with a gay Scoutmaster?

71 posted on 10/03/2006 3:32:24 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Treaty Fetishism: "[The] belief that a piece of paper will alter the behavior of thugs." R. Lowry.)
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To: Rutles4Ever

The lefts favorite trick. Indict the GOP, indict the church. Split the "evangelical" voter block, get illegals on the rolls with no ID requirements and voila. Election victory.

I don't think it will work. I am will to bet another scandal comes along, but this time, with a (D) next to the name and it will all just suddenly disappear.


72 posted on 10/03/2006 3:33:45 PM PDT by sappy
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To: ableLight
Hello! Anyone remember me?


73 posted on 10/03/2006 3:33:58 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: wagglebee

it's the homo agenda ping


74 posted on 10/03/2006 3:34:36 PM PDT by I_Love_My_Husband
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To: Prime Choice
Are we sure Foley isn't a Democrat?
He's sure as hell acting like one these days...

I wouldn't be surprised if he's a plant, sent to do his dirtiest and then "disappear" into rehab somebody's private island getaway.

And I don't give a royal rip what happened when he was a kid. Get out the chainsaw!

75 posted on 10/03/2006 3:34:49 PM PDT by Scothia ( When something important is going on, silence is a lie.)
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To: Dane

The gay community will have nothing to do with him, IMO. They didn't exactly roll out the red carpet for McGreasey, and he was one of their own (democrat).


76 posted on 10/03/2006 3:34:58 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: ableLight

OK, so he get's porked in the church as a child!

Decided he liked it.

So now his lot in life is to enjoy the Hershey Highway??

I think not!!


77 posted on 10/03/2006 3:35:02 PM PDT by aShepard (Maybe the UN should donate UNICEF proceeds to the Gates Foundation, and fold!)
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To: Prime Choice

According to wiki, he tried running as a Democrat for a while and switched parties when that wasn't working out for him. I think he has an ACU number in the 70s, which is far too low for me. I get antsy when they get below 95 or so.


78 posted on 10/03/2006 3:35:21 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: NonValueAdded

I hope that's the RNC approach to this; hopefully it will backfire on the rats by making their past support for perversion look like, well, what it is...bad.


79 posted on 10/03/2006 3:35:21 PM PDT by ableLight
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To: ableLight
You know, if someone wanted to, they could absolutely bury the Dems with this: release the page/instant message stuff; then hold the presser to say he was molested as a child; then hold out info for an even bigger bombshell . . . and when the press would HAVE to print it, claim that Barney Frank and Harry Reid double-teamed him in the ante-room off the Oval Office while Clinton provided the cigars.

Let the meltdown commence.

80 posted on 10/03/2006 3:35:24 PM PDT by LS
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