| Name | John J. Ryan | Parish Priest |
| Date of Birth | 1926 | |
| Date of Ordination | 1951 | |
| Association with LUC | 1964-1978 | |
| Position at LUC | Theology faculty | |
| Date of incident, Location of Incident | Unknown | Unknown |
| Number of victims/accusations | At least 1 victim | |
| Case status | Accused | |
| Status of Individual | Deceased | 2000 |
The case of Fr. John J. Ryan is not well documented in the public record. The parish priest was born in 1925 in Chicago, and ordained to priesthood in 1951. He received a doctorate in theology from the University of Chicago in 1972. While pursuing his doctorate Ryan worked as a part-time instructor at Loyola University Chicago, where he became assistant professor of theology in 1973. He left Loyola for Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in the late 1970s.[1] Ryan passed away in 2000. After his death his diocese of Peoria, Illinois found substantial evidence of CSA against him. The diocesan list does not give a concrete year or place of the alleged abuse, only that Ryan was removed from active ministry at some point before his death. Therefore, it is unclear when or where the alleged abuse took place, whether Ryan was accused of one incident of child sexual abuse or of several.[2]
[1] “JOHN J. RYAN, 74; TAUGHT AT LOYOLA,” Chicago Tribune, accessed April 29, 2022, https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-02-26-0002260095-story.html.
[2] “Fr. John J. Ryan – BishopAccountability.Org,” January 30, 2020, https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accused/ryan-john-j-1951/.
