Thomas M. Gannon

Name	Thomas M. Gannon	Jesuit
Date of Birth	1936
Date of Ordination	1967
Association with LUC	1972-1983
Position at LUC	Professor of sociology, sociology-anthropology, chair of sociology department
Date of incident, Location of Incident	1961-1966	St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, OH
	1970-1971	St. Jerome Catholic Church, Chicago, IL
	1977-1978	Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
	1983	St. James Church, Gary, IN
	1993	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Curch, Chicago, IL
	1998	Holy Family Church, Chicago, IL
Number of victims/accusations	At least 5
Case status	Accused
Status of Individual	Deceased	12/19/2011

Thomas Gannon was a popular college instructor and scholar of sociology. He was affiliated with the university from the late 1960s to 1983, lived in the Jesuit residence and served as chair of the department of sociology from the mid-1970s to 1983. Gannon was transferred to Georgetown University in 1983, while remaining listed at Loyola as professor of sociology and anthropology until 1985 and was subsequently listed as professor of sociology with the department of sociology until 1987.

Thomas Gannon was later in his life accused of child sexual abuse in at least six cases across the Midwest, including during his time at Loyola University Chicago.

The legal status of cases is unknown as of March 2022. Gannon died in 2011.