HUSH MONEY by Deborah Harris6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She became depressed and suicidal, and Lyons paid some of her resulting medical bills. Soon after, she says, they became romantically involved, though she broke off the relationship when he became physically abusive. Deborah Lyons since has said she supports her husband and forgives him for his infidelity.īattle says she met Lyons at a revival in Jacksonville in 1987 and that he provided her with private spiritual counseling. Irate that Lyons was cheating on her, Deborah set fire in July 1997 to the Tierra Verde home he owned with Bernice Edwards. Petersburg, where the deacons made it known they expected their minister to be married. They were married after Lyons became pastor of Bethel Metropolitan Baptist Church in St. It is not clear when they started dating, but they were married in June 1972, two months after his divorce from his second wife. Add in two other women who had affairs with Lyons and the cast of characters gets confusing.ĭeborah Lyons is the reverend's third wife. His wife, Deborah, sat stoically behind him co-defendant and alleged mistress Bernice Edwards a few feet to the left and a third woman, Lyons' former secretary, was on the witness stand testifying about her own relationship with the pastor. Henry Lyons, leader of the National Baptist Convention, facing grand theft and racketeering charges in a Pinellas courtroom. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |