Can Foley be prosecuted for abuse of a minor?

[Erika]

It can't be legal for an adult to have phone sex with a minor, can it? The boy was only 16 and the laws of Florida says he is a minor, since he's under the legal age of consent.

Can Hastert, et al, be prosecuted for knowing what was going on between Foley and a minor and not reporting it to authorities?

[liberaliraqvet26]

1. Hopefully under the laws he helped pass. the Irony. EOM>

[Erika]

2. True Irony - I wonder what John Walsh thinks about working

with a predator? It seems he and Foley worked closely to "protect the children".

I truly believe Hastert et al ought to be prosecuted if they didn't turn over the info they had to authorities.

[IChing]

3. Only if he is has any of these attributes :

votes for democrats, racial and or religious minorities, he was poor, an unlawful combatant, criticizes bush,
or a leftwing blogger.

[mongo]

4. The crime is generally called "importuning"

When an adult solicits sex from a minor whether in person, by phone, or over the internet.

In Ohio, it is a felony.

[fed-up]

5. When I ran a family day care I was a "MANDATED reporter"-by law I had to

report any suspected sexual or physical abuse that I thought might be happening to any of the kids in my care. Fortunately I never had to report anything.

I wonder if the same applies to our reps and their aids???