US Rep Caught Sending Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

[JackSpratts]

Republican Is Chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children

Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer report with Rhonda Schwartz contributing

Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18.

A spokesman for Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, said the congressman submitted his resignation in a letter late this afternoon to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former male pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts.



• One of the authors of the Adam Walsh Child Predator Safety Act.

• Worked to ban child nudist camps in his district.

• Tougher sentences for child predators and mandatory nationwide tracking devices.




http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...resigns_o.html