Vincent Ryan (priest)

Vincent Gerard Ryan (22 April 1938 – 30 May 2022) was an Australian Catholic priest who was convicted of sexually abusing 37 children. He was first charged in October 1995 and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Ryan was the first Catholic priest in the Newcastle, New South Wales, region to be charged with child sexual abuse. He was one of the first in the world to be convicted of such abuse.

Ryan died on 30 May 2022 at the age of 84."Paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan dead at 84", Australian Broadcasting Corporation website, 30 May 2022.

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Category:People from Newcastle, New South Wales