Father Joseph Ryan
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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.
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