Fr. Cornelius J. Ryan

Order: CSC
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused

Died: 12/29/2021
Diocese: Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend IN

Worked in Uganda and Kenya 1967-2002, where he was a well-known soccer coach. Returned to Provincial House in South Bend in 2001. Removed without privileges 6/10/2013 from Saint Joseph’s in Hessen Cassel after recent credible allegation that he had sexually abused a boy in Africa about 20 years previously. When confronted by the Diocese, Ryan admitted the allegations were true. Included on the Order’s list 6/12/2019, which notes multiple allegations received in 2013 of sex abuse occurring in the 1980s in Africa. It also said that Ryan was in a long-term treatment facility without access to minors. He died 12/29/2021 at Holy Cross House in Notre Dame, IN.

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