(for those of us who remember OJ's vow to spend the rest of his life looking for the real killers)
Former Congressman Mark Foley, he of the recently unearthed naughty emails to underage pages, has revealed...
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that he was sexually abused by a clergyman as a teenager, but accepts full responsibility for sending salacious computer messages to teenage male pages.This behavior is, of course, explained by...
wait for it...
wait for it...Attorney David Roth said Foley was molested between ages 13 and 15 by a clergyman. He declined to identify the clergyman or the church, but Foley is...
Roman Catholic.Reading further in the ABC News Story:
The lawyer said Foley, who is now in treatment for alcohol abuse, never had any inappropriate sexual contact with a minor. He said Foley was under the influence of alcohol when he sent the e-mails and instant messages.
Asked why he didn't disclose this information sooner, Roth said, "Shame, shame."
"As is so often the case with victims of abuse, Mark advises that he kept his shame to himself for almost 40 years," Roth said.
Something makes me think the newest resident of rehab found himself a convenient scapegoat (even if true, his experience is not an excuse for perpetuating abuse), and a new identity as a victim.
Shame, shame.
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St. Liz,
When will the chaos and politics end?
I'm tired the "passing the blame". When did people (especially politicians) quite taking responsibility for their actions?
Thanks for sharing.
Sincerely,
Dogwood
You're absolutely right Liz, he's scapegoating, he's a phoebofile, if not a pedofile, and though one's past experience may influence one's future exchange, it's not predicated on that alone. I love how this all conveniently comes out after the fact that he's been caught... and one other thing - does anyone recall Chandra Levy? Yes, she's be relegated to the 5th page...(and her body was finally found in Foggy Bottom)
Thanks,
Mat.Mei
The hypocrisy is just galling. :: sigh ::
Mattie: whichever "category" one puts this under, (ephebophilia? Well, tell me, what is really different between a 17 year old male or female page and an 18 year old one? Apart from the legality and morality? I don't know that one needs a separate psychological "disease" to explain that. A few months later, and it's no longer ephebophilia but "consensual" behavior? That seems way too artificial. Anyway). It's sexual harrassment ... someone in power making some kind of sexual advance on people under his authority.
What struck me is (at least from initial reports, which I tend to be wary of. The media doesn't like Republicans) how the party seems to have responded in a similar way to the Church (no, this is not on the same scale at all) ... ignore, deny, cover up, protect reputation.
We're all so darn human.
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