Marist Brothers Catholic order hid child sexual abuse by Brother Robert Ryan who helped run Chicago's Marist High School on Southwest Side in the 1970s, suits say
Brother Robert Ryan (inset), shown in the 1960s. He died in 2017 at 83. A recently filed lawsuit says he sexually abused students decades ago at Marist High School on the Far Southwest Side, where he was an assistant principal for part of the 1970s, and at other schools run by the Marist Brothers religious order to which he belonged. Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times, provided After Brother Robert Ryan died in 2017, a relative posted an online tribute, calling him “the favorite uncle” who “lived a giving life” and “selflessly” served God. Two lawsuits paint a different picture of Ryan, ...
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