SOUTH CAROLINA
SCNow
By: Ellen Meder | SCNow
Published: September 04, 2012
CHERAW, S.C. —
Former Fourth Circuit Solicitor Jay Hodge said Tuesday that a sexual abuse lawsuit filed against him by two Cheraw residents contains “lies” and is an attack based on a personal vendetta.
“The parents who’ve entrusted their children to me for 35 years will know that this is a lie,” Hodge said. “Once the names of these two alleged victims are revealed, then many other people who don’t know me will also know it’s a lie.”
The two men who brought the suit against the Boy Scouts of America, the Pee Dee Area Council Boy Scouts of America, First Presbyterian Church of Cheraw, Hodge and the estate of William C. Hebard, allege that they were the victims of past sexual abuse while in the care of Hodge and Hebard, adult scout leaders with Troop 663, which is sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Cheraw. The suit, filed in Chesterfield County Court, alleges that Hodge and the now deceased Hebard engaged in various sexual acts with two unnamed plaintiffs between 1975 and 1980.
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