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FL - Former Rep. Mark Foley defiant, apologetic in interview

View the article here 11/12/2008 By Jim Turner (Contact) At times fighting tears, former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley repeatedly apologized for letting down his family, friends and constituents, but refused to be classified a pedophile, in his first interview since resigning from office on the eve of the 2006 election. "It hits me right in the gut because it's absolutely false and incorrect. I never had sex with a child, I never had sex with a minor," Foley said in an exclusive interview with Roxanne Stein of WPTV NewsChannel 5. "A pedophile is somebody who is having sex with a prepubescent person. I mean, that is an outrage to be called that." Foley, who had been the Congressman for Florida's 16th District ? which includes large portions of Martin and St...continue to full post

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