Click the video player on the right to watch the clip.WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- In an exclusive interview with WPTV's Roxanne Stein, former U.S. Representative Mark Foley spoke about his lawyer's 2006 announcement that Foley was seeking treatment for alcoholism and had been abused by a priest as youth.
Some speculated that Foley was trying to save his political life at the time.
Foley said that the claims surrounding his "drinking in excess" and childhood abuse are truthful and, in his opinion, resulted in the controversial communications with underage pages during his time in office.
