Category Archives: Rita Prince

Pahrump Resident Heads Group for Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse

In 2002, Pahrump resident Rita Prince heard some shocking news from her sister. Their 18-year-old brother Patrick Ryan, who hung himself in a jail cell in 1969, had been undergoing psychiatric counseling after being drugged and raped by a Catholic … Continue reading

Sisters Say Brother Who Killed Himself Was Abused at St. John’s

Collegeville, Minn. – Two sisters said Monday their brother killed himself in 1971 because of the trauma of being sexually abused by a visiting professor at St. John’s University.

Sisters Ask Abbey for Information on Priest Accused of Abuse

The sisters of a former St. John’s University student asked St. John’s Abbey today to confirm that a visiting professor sexually abused their brother in 1970.