Fr. John M. Ryan

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Monsignor. Superintendent of Catholic Schools 1975-81. Retired in 2001. Accused in 5/18 by a man in his IRCP application to the diocese of molesting him beginning when he was an 11- or 12-year-old altar boy in the 1980s. Suspended in 7/18. Accused by a woman in 5/19 of molesting her when she was ages 6-11 in the late 1950s.


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