Father Vincent Ryan
Birthday: Born in in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Deathday: Alive
One of the world's most notorious paedophile priests, Father Vincent Gerard Ryan has spent over 17 years in prison for the sexual abuse of at least 37 boys in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia. Despite his superiors knowing about his offending for decades, Ryan has not been laicised (defrocked) by successive Popes and remains a priest of the Catholic Church. Ryan's 2019 criminal trial was featured in Revelation and his interview with Sarah Ferguson is the first time a serving Catholic priest has spoken about his sexual abuse of children on camera.
TV Credits
Revelation
Character: Self
In a world television first, Revelation takes cameras into the criminal trials of notorious Catholic priests accused of sex crimes against children. Through a series of extraordinary interviews filmed during the trials, Revelation uncovers the secret lives and motivations of some of the most reviled men of modern times. How does a man of God become a predator of children? Revelation culminates in the Vatican with the story of a high ranking Cardinal accused of abusing boys in an orphanage in Aus...