Complex sentence: Ashford says that he realized he was a pedophile at the age of 30 and, in a February 2004 New Jersey newspaper interview, said that, as a pedophile, he was "tired of being forced into the shadows by society".
Split into simpler sentences: Ashford says that he realized he was a pedophile at the age of 30. In a February 2004 New Jersey newspaper interview, he said that, as a pedophile, he was "tired of being forced into the shadows by society".