Gregory Trask

Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask

This article is about the 1897 character. For the 1795 character, see Reverend Trask.

Gregory Trask was a preacher and educator, who ran Worthington Hall, a private school for orphans with his wife, Minerva, and daughter, Charity. He was the great grandson of Reverend Trask who was killed by Barnabas Collins in 1796 and the grandson of Lamar Trask.

Trask arrived at Collinwood at the behest of Edward Collins to take his children, Jamison and Nora away to his school, Worthington Hall (725).

His timing was most auspicious, for Judith Collins was busy trying to deal with a family crisis, namely her brother, Quentin had been first turned into a zombie and then his spirit had possessed his nephew, Jamison Collins. Rev. Trask was able to remedy the situation by praying for a soul transfer, which not only returned Jamison's soul to it's rightful body, but apparently restored the previously dead Quentin to life (It was actually Angelique who had restored Quentin's life). This increased the trust Judith had in him (726).

He was, however, spotted by Barnabas Collins, who recognized him as a relative of Reverend Trask whom he had killed just over 100 years earlier. When the subject of Reverend Trask came up, Gregory Trask said he was his great-great grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared after he left Collinsport and returned to Salem (726).

Gregory Trask knew of Rachel Drummond from when she had been a student and then teacher at Worthington Hall, where she claimed he kept her salary and overcharged her while she was there (726). Trask did not deny this, but said that the authorities would never believe her over himself.

Trask planned to take Jamison and Nora to Worthington Hall, but Jamison hid with Quentin's help and returned once Edward returned home, and gathered his promise to wait a couple of days before he made a decision (727).

Trask was also a devious blackmailer. He blackmailed Evan Hanley into helping him arrange the death of his wife, Minerva Trask after discovering Hanley trying to contact the devil. After the death of his first wife, Trask married Judith Collins so he can get control over her money and Collinwood. He and Evan Hanley tried to drive her insane with the ghost of Minerva Trask. After Judith returned home, Gregory tried to get Aristede to murder her in exchange for getting rid of Garth Blackwood.

Once more, Gregory Trask met his end when Judith Collins and Tim Shaw bricked him up behind a wall just like his great grandfather (884). Trask shot himself with a pistol after realizing there was no way out of Quentin's room.