This time he is from my area. I know people who attended his church. Rev. Denis Lyons was arrested while playing cards.
He has been charged with four felony counts of lewd conduct with a child younger than 14, along with a sentencing enhancement of committing substantial sexual conduct. If convicted of the charges, Lyons faces 14 years in prison.
Lyons has been criminally charged with molestation in the past.
In 2003, he was charged with molesting another male youth between 1978 and 1981 at St. John the Baptist. Prosecutors also accused him of assaulting two other male victims to corroborate that case.
The previous charges were dismissed. Perhaps this time they will get him.
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