Former Congressman Mark Foley age 52(L), Reverend Fred Phelps age 75(R)


Lake Worth, FL (APE) - In a stunning announcement from an undisclosed rehab facility, disgraced Florida Congressman Mark Foley today allowed his personal lawyer to reveal the identity of his childhood abuser. Reading from a brief statement, Foley's lawyer claimed that Foley had been sexually molested on three separate occasions during a Lake Worth Catholic summer camp by the now 75-year-old Reverend Fred Phelps, who, at the time, was serving as a camp counselor during a summer break from his brief studies at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.

This morning on local radio, a morning show team interviewed Shirley Phelps-Roker, the attorney representing Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church.  Phelps and his gang have gained recent attention in this part of the country from their presence at the funeral of a local soldier.  On par with their typical pattern, they held signs and tried to make the case that military deaths are direct payback from God for America's general immorality.

The audio from this interview has been posted, and I must warn you, it ain't pretty.  (MP3 format, 13M)

To paraphrase, Phelps-Roker opened with a predictable bang:

"What we are doing is, we are putting the cup of the fury of God's Wrath to your lips, and we are making you drink it.  We are helping you connect the dots from the filthy manner of life of this nation to the dead soldiers, to the whirlwind."

"God is punishing America, and his weapon of choice is the IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices) that blow the fruit of America to pieces, punishing this nation."

"I am so sorry that those parents raised that child for the Devil, and sent him to hell early."

Finally, the stumbling, bumbling, outraged show host spilled out: "You are Osama bin Laden!  You have taken a religion and perverted it in a disgusting way!"