Father Gerald F. Lyons – Diocese of Trenton

Partial Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1962 Serving in the Diocese of Trenton
1962 “On Duty Outside the Diocese,” North American College, Rome, Italy
1963 – 1965 St. Anthony’s Church, Trenton, NJ
1966 – 1969 “On Duty Outside the Diocese,” North American College, Rome, Italy
1970 – 1973 St. Veronica’s Church, Howell Township, NJ
1974 “On Leave of Absence”
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)

Summary:
  • Father Lyons is not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1974.
  • Father Gerald F. Lyons was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on approximately four occasions from approximately 1964 to 1965 when the girl was approximately 4 to 5 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Lyons was assigned to St. Anthony’s Church in Trenton, New Jersey.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Lyons occurred in the rectory affiliated with St. Anthony’s Church and included the following: Father Lyons would have the girl sit on his lap, and then he would reach into the front of her underwear, fondling her vagina, skin-on-skin, and penetrating her vagina with his finger.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.