The Wolves Guarding the Hen House: Republican Child Sex Scandals Proliferate

Republicans have remained conspicuously oblivious to the fact that the latest scandal involving Representative Mark Foley's e-mails to White House Pages is only the most recent in a pattern of child sexual abuse among government officials.
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The allegations currently aimed at Rep.

Foley has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat alcoholism, and denied, through his lawyer, having had sexual contact with minors. Several high ranking White House officials-including

Members of the Bush Administration have been particularly vehement in the promotion of the Republican Party as the party of 'moral and family values.' President Bush specifically designated an office of the Department of Homeland Security to catch these types of child abusers.

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Also brazen was the manner with which Department of Homeland Security Official

Also, in 2005,

Like Brian Doyle, Republican Mayor

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A warrant has been issued for

Lastly, it is worth mentioning one accused child molester who was convicted and is currently serving time. The Republican former Speaker of the House for Puerto Rico,

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