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Unpacking years of silence: Nonprofit helps sexual abuse victims heal
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Revelations involving past allegations of abuse at Boy Scout Troop 26 from First Baptist Church in Gainesville swirl in both the personal and professional spheres for Heather Hayes. In performing forensic interviews and exams, Hayes works to serve children that have been physically or sexually abused as their cases move through the justice system. But Robert William Lawson III, the man who recently filed the lawsuit against former Scoutmaster Fleming Weaver alleging rape back on a 1985 scouting event, comes from a family she’s known for most of her life.