Fr. Robert Ryer
Ryer died 4/30/1967. He was one of 40 priests named in several lawsuits filed in 1/2003 by 70 plaintiffs who alleged sexual abuse by the priests. A 2010 news report references three claims settled regarding abuse by Ryer 1958-1960. The Boston archdiocese’s list in 8/2011 reported no formal determination of guilt because a canonical or criminal investigation was not complete at his death.
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