Foley attorneys reveal clergyman's name

[stevedeshazer]

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Lawyers for disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley said they revealed to state prosecutors Wednesday the name of a clergyman he said abused him as a teen.

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Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney's office in West Palm Beach, said Wednesday evening his office had not yet seen the name.

"I'm sure they faxed it over. It could very well just be sitting on the fax machine," Edmondson said.

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A joint statement from Roth and Foley's civil attorney, Gerald Richman, said they agreed with the Archdiocese of Miami that the clergy member's name should first be disclosed to the state attorney's office. Edmondson said prosecutors would share the name of the clergyman with the Archdiocese Thursday, as long as it was received by the office before it opened for business.

"To the best of our knowledge the clergyman no longer resides in the United States," the statement said.
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Ooops, left out link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1133AP_Congressman_E_mails.html

[katinmn]

1. huh. I thought they were going to give it to a dead priest.

[MadMaddie]

3. One that is out of the country.....

wow they must have done some serious research..

[IndianaGreen]

9. Pope Ratzo?

Or some dead priest somewhere?

[Richard Steele]

13. Maybe they found an even better target to pin it on?

They had enough time to do some serious research,
and pick the target carefully...they might even have
found a REAL pedophile to accuse.

Then again, maybe they couldn't find a dead one to
fit the bill, and this is a poor choice that's gonna
blow up in their faces!
Hey, I can HOPE!

[katinmn]

14. Some priest overseas is about to become a key player

in the mid-terms. Hope he's ready.

:hi:

[mcscajun]

2. Link? n/t

.

[stevedeshazer]

6. Ooops

Sorry.

[mcscajun]

11. No problem. I've been guilty of that one myself from time to time.

:)

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Out of the country...

yeah... right...

[rocktivity]

5. I heard on CNN that there are no plans to press charges

in which case, why bother?

:shrug:
rocknation

[peace13]

7. Let me guess

he doesn't speak English either.

[JoFerret]

8. Lets check with Savage et al

Foley must have seduced and tempted him and let the poor guy astray. (You know how those young gay men are with their pranks.)

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. Reassigned to the Vatican maybe?

Isn't that where all the good little pedophile priests go?

[mcg]

12. "still a pool of potential victims"

"... Edmondson said Wednesday that to claim outright that the statute of limitations has expired is somewhat misleading because the alleged abuser may have committed similar crimes more recently on other victims.

"There's still a pool of potential victims out there," he said. ..."

It's actually worse if the alleged abuser really exists,
because they are - once again - failing to do their duty.

[Ian David]

15. I hate to break it to them, but Father Guido Sarduci isn't a real priest.

[ktowntennesseedem]

16. LOL!!!

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[rodeodance]

17. ummmmm........

[bamacrat]

18. DIVERSION, DIVERSION, DIVERSION.