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Minnesota Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson (pictured center)  is facing charges of alleged child abuse after striking his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch. In response, the  30-year-old NFL running back posted a lengthy declaration Monday on his Twitter page, declaring that he is by no means guilty of being a bad parent.

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Peterson’s son reportedly suffered cuts and bruises to his back, buttocks, ankles, legs, hands, and scrotum as a result of the whipping with a leafless branch.  Peterson, who was held at a Montgomery, Texas, jail posted a $15,000 bond on Saturday morning and claims he did nothing wrong.  In fact, the Dad told authorities that he was simply administering a punishment to the child for pushing a sibling, adding that the form of discipline was no different from the ones he had received as a child himself.

The boy, however, told authorities that Peterson also hit him in the face, stuffed his mouth with leaves, pulled his pants down, then beat him.

As a result of the injury to a child charges, Peterson, who was indicted by a grand jury earlier last week for the May occurrence, was deactivated from his team but later activated again.

His team reportedly won’t cut him in the wake of the abuse allegations.

Meanwhile, Peterson gave the following mea culpa of sorts below:

My attorney has asked me not to discuss the facts of my pending case. I hope you can respect that request and help me honor it. I very much want the public to hear from me but I understand that it is not appropriate to talk about the facts in detail at this time. Nevertheless, I want everyone to understand how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my child. I never wanted to be a distraction to the Vikings organization, the Minnesota community or to my teammates. I never imagined being in a position where the world is judging my parenting skills or calling me a child abuser because of the discipline I administered to my son.

I voluntarily appeared before the grand jury several weeks ago to answer any and all questions they had. Before my grand jury appearance, I was interviewed by two different police agencies without an attorney. In each of these interviews I have said the same thing, and that is that I never ever intended to harm my son. I will say the same thing once I have my day in court. I have to live with the fact that when I disciplined my son the way I was disciplined as a child, I caused an injury that I never intended or thought would happen. I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.

I have learned a lot and have had to reevaluate how I discipline my son going forward. But deep in my heart I have always believed I could have been one of those kids that was lost in the streets without the discipline instilled in me by my parents and other relatives. I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man. I love my son and I will continue to become a better parent and learn from any mistakes I ever make.

I am not a perfect son. I am not a perfect husband. I am not a perfect parent, but I am, without a doubt, not a child abuser. I am someone that disciplined his child and did not intend to cause him any injury. No one can understand the hurt that I feel for my son and for the harm I caused him. My goal is always to teach my son right from wrong and that’s what I tried to do that day. I accept the fact that people feel very strongly about this issue and what they think about my conduct. Regardless of what others think, however, I love my son very much and I will continue to try to become a better father and person.

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