HOLY ROSARY ABBEY: THE TRUTH ABOUT RYAN ST. ANNE, AKA PATRICK RYAN SCOTT AND HIS "HOLY ROSARY ABBEY"

SCOTT IN HIS LATEST COSTUME AT HIS ABBEY IN GALESBURG, ILLINOIS

SCOTT'S MUG SHOT FROM HIS FELONY CONVICTION IN WISCONSIN

 

 

 

UPDATED July 6, 2006

EVIDENCE OF PLAGIARISM ????

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Copies of actual documents pertaining to Ryan's past.

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If you are visiting this web-site, it is assumed you are interested in learning about a man who currently goes by the name of Ryan St. Anne; a self-proclaimed, self-ordained, traditional Catholic priest. In short, Ryan IS NOT A PRIEST!

 

This web-site's sole purpose is to provide a unified location to share information that is currently available about Ryan St. Anne (a.k.a. Patrick Ryan Scott) and to caution anyone considering "joining" him or sending him financial contributions against doing so. After reviewing this site and all of its contents, it is hoped that the reader will exercise extreme caution in having anything to do with this man, his followers and his organization which he has named "Holy Rosary Abbey".

 

Anyone having any additional information about this man or his longtime accomplice Barry Douglas Rodgers, a.k.a. Brother Gregory, that they would like to share, may do so by emailing info@holyrosaryabbey.org. Be advised however, as a precautionary measure, extreme scrutiny will be given to any information posted. (There have been two unresolved deaths of priests in Ryan's history: one a murder, Father Kunz of Dane County, WI (see this site for details: Murdered Catholic Priest Knew Too Much?) and the other a suspicious suicide, Father Koch. Ryan was a known acquaintance of both of these priests prior to their untimely deaths.)

 

Ryan St. Anne was born Randall Dean Stocks on May 21, 1953. In 1971, while in high school, Ryan claims he was "tricked into getting drunk by his friends at a school dance" and then later that same night "tricked into having sex" with a girl at the dance. The girl became pregnant. He stated that the girl threatened to have an abortion (even though abortion was not legal or readily accessible, especially to a minor, until January 22, 1973). He states the Catholic Church told him to marry the mother of this child, divorce her, get custody of the child and then place the child up for adoption so that he could become a priest in the Catholic Church. On August 28, 1971 he married Penelope Margaret Klotzbach in Illinois in a ceremony performed by a METHODIST minister. They moved to Arizona and remained married until March 18, 1975. (See marriage and divorce documents on the link to documents at top of this page.) Their son was born in January of 1972 and sometime thereafter given up for adoption.

 

When Ryan was 23 years old, a Certificate of Baptism wherein he made a "profession of faith" was received into the Catholic Church. This certificate was issued at Saint Joseph Church in Apple River, Illinois on January 25, 1976.

 

Ryan claims he was raped by priests in the Wisconsin area sometime during the late 1970's or 1980's, but this has never been proven as he has failed to provide proof of the incident. Furthermore, he has never provided credible proof of his ordination. Whenever he is asked to provide ordination papers, his consistent response is "I'm getting the paperwork in order" or "anyone who wants proof can contact Rome".

 

Throughout the course of Ryan's escapades, he always portrays himself as an innocent "victim" including; the birth of his child out of wedlock and the supposed rape. (He conveniently began talking of his "rape" at the same time many others in the Catholic Church were coming forward about their experiences and his timing of this rape was the same as other victims.) He also blames a leader of the Catholic Church for his incarceration due to a parole violation for a felony check forgery in Edgerton, Wisconsin in 1994. http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl , case # 1993CF001238. (Also see case #1996CV000126.) Any proof of the rape he claims he was victim to and his ordination can only be backed up by deceased/murdered priests or non-existent religious establishments.

 

Prior to reestablishing his cult in Galesburg, Ryan was the "priest" for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Prairies in Powers Lake, North Dakota, a well-established, long standing "traditional Catholic Shrine". Not long after his arrival in North Dakota, Ryan attempted to take over the Shrine and turn it into his new "abbey". Upon discovery of Ryan's true motives and misuse of funds, the Board of Directors fired him. Ryan conveniently went to the Attorney General in a pre-emptive move to cover his tracks. (An ongoing investigation of all allegations is currently underway.) Unfortunately, Ryan was the administrator of the Shrine's web-site and he continued to intercept email intended for the Shrine, even after he was evicted from the property and residing in Galesburg. He told people the Shrine was closed, (which to date is still open); no doubt soliciting funds that well-meaning Catholics originally intended to send to the Shrine. He also took the Shrine's mailing list of followers and financial contributors and redirected these people to his new location in Galesburg, Illinois.

 

Anyone considering visiting Ryan at his new establishment in Galesburg, Illinois, is forewarned: the Shrine of Holy Rosary Abbey is run like a cult. There is only one telephone line into the building which is monitored by Ryan. Furthermore, all interior doors providing access to the "abbey" are locked and maintained with alarms; cameras surround the building; incoming and outgoing mail is reviewed by Ryan; outside news is filtered by Ryan as there is no television or newspapers available. Anyone choosing to visit a loved one residing with Ryan must make an appointment first and have the visit approved by Ryan. The daily schedule is posted on his web-site "Holy Rosary Abbey.com" and it is strictly followed.

 

Ryan targets elderly widows and widowers, or people with few family ties, into his web. He brainwashes many of his followers into believing their family does not care about them and is only after their money. He convinces his followers that any property and assets they may hold should be turned over to his "abbey" to support the communal living. One of Ryan's many goals is to obtain power-of-attorney on his unsuspecting, trusting followers of his cult by eventually challenging their mental state. He encourages them to list the "abbey" as the beneficiary of any life insurance policy they may hold. (In his fall edition of the Abbey Report which he writes and mails to potential followers, he writes "Life Insurance Policies can also be used as a way to remember the Abbey. You can simply name the Abbey as the Beneficiary on your policy. Our legal corporate name is Abbatia Sanctissimi Rosari and we are a 501(c) (3) Non Profit Corporation.") As a result, it is often financially impossible for anyone to leave his "abbey" or to sue him to have their property returned. Contracts are signed by members, including "nuns" and "brothers", agreeing that the "Holy See" (namely himself) has complete and total control over every aspect of the Shrine and its operations.

 

To date, Ryan's known aliases include: Ryan St. Anne, Randall Dean Stocks, Patrick Ryan Scott, Tom Ryan, Brother Damien St. Anne and Abbatia.

 

RYAN "PRETENDING" TO BE A BISHOP WEARING A CATHOLIC BISHOP'S MITRE & CARRYING A CROSIER OF A BISHOP

RYAN AT SHRINE IN POWERS LAKE, ND.

ANOTHER SHOT OF RYAN

 

 

Listed below are links on the internet regarding articles and postings about Ryan and his questionable past:

 

http://www.unitypublishing.com/NewReligiousMovements/FatherBrianScott.htm (This is an article which appeared Super Bowl Sunday 2005 on the front page of the Chicago Tribune)

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20000929234026/www.double-cross.com/Scott.html (The link with Scott's mug shot pictured above)

 

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_7983.shtml

 

http://www.ourladyoftheprairies.com (This is the Shrine in North Dakota Ryan was fired from. He has now bought the web-site and uses it to discredit others, including the daughter of one of his followers, namely Roberta Fleming. Roberta is the daughter of  his follower and chief financial source, Roseanna Gevelinger.)

 

http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=1696

 

http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/040818

 

http://www.thezephyr.com/stanneresponds.htm

 

http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/mabbott_20040830.html

 

http://www.cruxnews.com/abbott/abbott-20aug04.html

 

http://www.unitypublishing.com/Apparitions/MarvinKucera

 

http://inatoday.com/demonic%20and%20criminal%20activity%20102803.htm

 

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46&aid=56990&

 

http://michnews.com/artman/publish/article_4775.shtml

 

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_4897.shtml

 

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