Barry Edmund Ryan (born January 23, 1948) is an American former Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to repeatedly molesting a six-year-old boy, for which he was

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to two years in prison.

Biography

After his

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in 1976, Ryan worked in parishes in

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before commissioning as a chaplain in the

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in 1984. He was suspended from the priesthood in 1995 after allegations of improper sexual conduct while he had been stationed at

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. Ryan was suspended from his priestly duties. Until the spring of 2003, he was a library media specialist at

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, where he was named

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in 2001. He took a medical

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in the wake of news reports that he might have been involved in improper sexual activity during his time as an Air Force chaplain. He was diagnosed around this time with reportedly terminal

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. Shortly afterwards, between May and October 2003, he forced a six-year-old boy to perform

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upon him at the boy's family home in

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. In his written confession, Ryan said he received inpatient treatment for

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, depression and

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, a

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in 2004. Ryan attempted to commit suicide in 2007 by slitting his own throat. Shortly thereafter, he was ordered from the

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hospice in which he was residing to begin serving his two-year sentence in

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. Ryan currently resides in

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, at the Vianney Renewal Center.

References

External links

Barry Ryan's entry at New York Sex Offender Registry

Barry Ryan's entry at Missouri Sex Offender Registry

Abuse Profile
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Biography

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