Fr. Gerald J. Royer
Transferred 8 times during first 8 years of priesthood. Leave of absences 11/1955-2/1956 and 4/1960-7/1961. Chaplain at St. Joseph Manor until 1964, then left active ministry the same year. Laicized in 2/1965. Died 12/20/2003. In 2009 a man in his 60s reported sexual abuse as a boy by Royer. In 5/2016 an 81-year-old man stated publicly that Royer sexually abused him in 1947, when the man was an 11-year-old altar boy at Ss. Simon and Jude in West Bethlehem. Named in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on Allentown diocese’s 8/19/2018 list of credibly accused.
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