Fr. Thomas William Ryan
Ordained in 1935 for the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Became a priest of the Diocese of Saginaw when it was created in 1938. Died 1/25/1975. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General’s 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report, which reveals that in 2006 a woman told the Diocese that she was sexually abused by Ryan 1961-1968, beginning when she was in second grade. She said she she would hide in the bushes because she didn’t want to go to school, and was sent to a psychologist. The abuse allegedly included intercourse and took place in Ryan’s office. She said that at a class reunion in the 1990s a classmate disclosed that Ryan had abused her, too. Ryan was assigned to St. Brigid in Midland during the time in question.
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