Private Life
While serving as mayor, Flynn played himself in the Cheers episode "The Stork Brings A Crane". In the episode Flynn has his entourage take away Cliff Clavin, who writes Flynn once a week.
In 1999, Flynn became president of Catholic Alliance, a nonpartisan Catholic advocacy group. In this role, while remaining a Democrat, he and the Catholic Alliance endorsed George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. He became president of another Catholic political advocacy organization, Your Catholic Voice. Flynn left this group to start Catholic Citizenship, serving as its National Chairman from 2004 until 2008. In 2010, he supported the successful candidacy of Republican Scott Brown for the United States Senate.
In 2007, he was named Grand Marshall of the 246th consecutive New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. Additionally, in 2007 he joined the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA.
In March, 2011 Flynn's home was broken into. Amongst the valuables taken were rosary beads blessed by the late Pope John Paul II and letters from influential world figures.
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