Posted on 05/21/2017 7:02:54 AM PDT by Perseverando
HALL COUNTY, Ga. - Court documents reveal evidence that church and Boy Scout leaders knew about a sexual abuser and not only allowed him to continue working, but also promoted him.
Fleming Weaver would go on to meet victims who eventually came forward with rape accusations last year.
This is a case that spans several decades in Hall County. It’s a case that accuses the Boy Scouts, a Gainesville church and its leaders of lying to keep a horrific secret.
Documents obtained by Channel 2 Action News include a file that Boy Scouts handed over just last week after a two-year court fight.
"We know now why they didn't want it (the file) turned over," attorney Esther Panitch said.
The file details a three-decade journey with Troop 26, admitted sexual abuse and an admission that leaders knew about molestation, kept silent and even promoted the abuser.
"It appears from that file that they all conspired to keep quiet to protect a pedophile and his family and their own reputations and their bottom line," Panitch said.
While the criminal details came to light in the 90s, after Georgia's statute of limitations expired, a 2016 civil suit against the Boy Scouts Georgia Northeast Council, First Church of Gainesville and leaders still has a day in court.
A 1995 transcript shows Weaver, now 83, admitted to police that he raped at least five boys before 1981 and sought counseling.
Soon after, a neighboring district attorney, also a Boy Scout leader, revealed that confession to the district council, expressing "rage" that Weaver continued to be honored.
Weaver resigned for health reasons, and a media statement was crafted to deal with an anticipated firestorm.
The documents we dug through reveal police interviews where church leaders said they knew about the victims before Weaver's confession and admitted to keeping it from police.
Amid the allegations, Weaver was promoted to Scout leader, allowing him to meet victims who are part of the new lawsuit.
Panitch represents three of those victims.
"Until those people are held responsible or they're named in trial, people will continue to keep this quiet," she said.
The case serves as a disturbing reminder of what has haunted so many in a tight-knit community.
"I despise child abuse more than anything in the world," resident Alex Fowler said.
Weaver and his wife relocated to Florida last year. Channel 2 Action News reached out to the defendants and their attorneys about the new evidence and lawsuit, but so far has not gotten a response.
The Boy Scouts are now actively scouting for boys.
Does anyone think that the sexual exploitation of young boys will now receice any coverage? The flaming fagots have this organization right where it has been scheming to place it — a mill to satisfy its appetite for sodomy.
Abominable.
It’s homosexual rape...
I’m still conflicted on how I should respond to scout groups soliciting sales outside grocery stores. I don’t blame the boys, but the adults who refuse to open their eyes, or are in open agreement with the queer agenda.
The Boy Scouts used to have a thick pedo ring across the US. Then they finally got sued by some brave men, molested as boys, who wanted to protect other boys and make a bundle of money. Then they put protections in - banning gays from the Scouts for a couple of decades. Now they are in full swing again. This is abominable!
>>raped at least five boys before 1981
Same time period when the Mormons running the BSA show up in the People’s Republic of Boulderistan knew David Floyd Slusher had a history at a camp in Germany...
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=David+Floyd+Slusher
... and turned the predator loose on Colorado campers anyway.
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