A new lawsuit, filed under a New York law that suspends the state’s statute of limitations for civil sexual abuse cases, accuses former Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) of sexual abuse of a Boy Scout in 1966, according to The Associated Press.

The plaintiff, listed as “John Doe” in the lawsuit, accuses Ackerman of abusing him at 17 at the Ten Mile River Camp in upstate New York, where Ackerman, then 23, was a director.

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Ackerman strongly denied the allegation through his attorney Oscar Michelen.

"In over 30 years of public service, there has never been any accusation of this kind or indeed of any wrongdoing in the Congressman's career," Michelen said, according to the AP, adding that Ackerman will “vigorously” fight the lawsuit.

The complaint accuses Ackerman of luring the plaintiff into his car, driving him to an abandoned road and sexually assaulting him, according to the AP.

The suit also names the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, accusing the chapter of failing to ”take any steps to keep the dangerous predator away from the young men of the camp."

The Boy Scouts told the AP it had no record of allegations against Ackerman, and that if they had known of any credible allegations against him, “we would have acted to remove him from scouting.”

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed this month under the Empire State’s Child Victims Act, with defendants including the Boy Scouts, the Archdiocese of New York and the estate of late financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in federal custody earlier in August.

Ackerman retired in 2012 after serving 15 terms.