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Fr. Joseph F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Home  >  Sexual Abuse Law Blog  >  Fr. Joseph F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

November 10, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Fr. Joseph F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Father Joseph Ryan

Ordained: 1936

Died: 1976

Assigned as follows:

  • 1936                St. Basil (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1936-1937      St. Emydius, Lynwood, CA
  • 1937-1940      St. Aloysius (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1940-1941      St. Agnes (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1941-1942      St. Stephen, Monterey Park, CA
  • 1942-1944      Sacred Heart (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1944                St. Francis de Sales (Studio City, CA)
  • 1945                Leave of Absence
  • 1945-1946      Assumption (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1946                St. Anthony (Gardena, CA)
  • 1946-1948      Leave of Absence
  • 1948                St. Aloysius (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1948-1952      Incarnation (Glendale, CA)
  • 1952                Holy Angels (Arcadia, CA)
  • 1952-1953      St. Rita (Sierra Madre, CA)
  • 1954                St. Agnes; Sister Servants of Mary (Los Angeles, CA); St. Mark (Venice, CA)
  • 1954                Leave of Absence
  • 1955-1956      Holy Cross (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1957                Sick Leave
  • 1957                St. Anthony, South San Gabriel, CA
  • 1957                St. Anastasia (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1958                St. Joseph (Pomona, CA)
  • 1958                Sick Leave
  • 1959-1960      Our Lady of Refuge (Long Beach, CA)
  • 1960                Sick Leave; Leave of Absence
  • 1960-1961      Holy Family (Philadelphia, PA)
  • 1962                St. Joseph the Worker (Fallsington, PA)
  • 1963-1976      Unknown
  • 1965                Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • 1966-1975      Unknown

Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father Joseph Ryan:

Father Joseph Ryan was a priest from Ireland excardinated to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1965. According to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he was moved almost yearly, sometimes twice in a year, and had several leaves of absence and sick leaves from 1945 through 1960. He died in 1976.

According to media reports, in 2002, he was accused in a civil suit of sexually abusing a brother and sister at St. Anthony Catholic Church in El Segundo from 1945 to 1946. His personnel file was released in January 2013. He was included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' list of priests accused of child sexual abuse.

Father Ryan died in 1976.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.  If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest or other Catholic clergy in California State, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles now have legal options, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Los Angeles and nationwide. We can help.

Contact us at 888-283-9922 or adam@adamhorowitzlaw.com to discuss your options today.



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