GEORGIA
Gainesville Times
By Nick Watson
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
@NickWatsonTimes
A former Gainesville Scoutmaster is the target of a civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse that brought a 22-year-old closed investigation into the light.
Royal Fleming Weaver Jr. is accused of raping Robert William Lawson III on a scouting event in 1985, according to a civil action filed Thursday in Fulton County State Court.
Multiple attempts to reach Weaver for comment Friday were unsuccessful.
A criminal investigation was conducted at the time but no charges were brought due to the alleged incident falling outside the statute of limitations.
Weaver served as the scoutmaster for Troop 26 from 1969 to 1981, which was sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Gainesville
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