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Article: Spotlight:Mark Foley.
- Article from:
- The Star (Amman, Jordan)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2006
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By combine News Reports Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) former Rep. Mark Foley said through his lawyer Tuesday that he was abused by a clergyman as a teenager, but accepts full responsibility for sending salacious computer messages to teenage male pages. "I strongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need for immediate treatment for alcoholism and other behavioral problems," Foley said in a statement on October 2.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. He also acknowledged for the first time that the former congressman is gay, ...
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Article: MARK FOLEY PAGE SCANDAL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 9, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... week has been former Congressman Mark Foley, who was forced to resign his House ... one word to describe my reaction to Mark Foley's actions. I'm mad and angry ... overly friendly" emails between Mark Foley and a 17 year old former page, but ...
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