Figure in woman's suit against church

Associated Press · March 6, 1962

Mrs. Alice Ryan, 41, of Glen Head, N.Y., who sued the Roman Catholic Church today for $2,375,000 damages, says this is a snapshot of her husband, Walter A. Ryan, 57, taken years ago.Mrs.Ryan, mother of four daughters, contends the church broke up her marriage to Ryan, whom she says was a priest when they were married in 1950, and is keeping them apart.