Cardinal O'Malley's Former Episcopal Vicar to "Marry" a Man 32 Years His Junior
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Flavin was ordained a priest in June 1987. He was a favourite of Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who appointed Flavin an episcopal vicar in 2014.
Flavin worked as a psychotherapist, specialising in internet addiction and treating priests with drug, alcohol or psychiatric problems. In 2019, Flavin took a sabbatical time.
In May 2020, he bought a $1 million house in Chicago and lived there with his male concubine. Flavin earned money as a "special assistant" to the then-president of Jesuit-run Loyola University in Chicago, Jo Ann Rooney, the first woman to lead the Jesuit institution from 2016 to 2022.
In 2021, the Archdiocese of Boston declared Flavin "on unauthorised leave". He was a "spiritual advisor" for the [good] film "Father Stu" (2022), produced by Mel Gibson.
Flavin is known to be friends with Father Thomas Rosica, who was recently seen in a homosexual sauna in Toronto.
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