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Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY — Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, a native of the Albany Diocese, will speak on prayer and forgiveness at a deanery-wide mission this week at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Schenectady.
“It was always a joy to be a priest in the Albany Diocese,” Flynn told The Evangelist.
Flynn grew up in the former St. Columba’s parish and school in Schenectady and graduated from Siena College. Ordained in 1960, Archbishop Flynn taught at Catholic Central High School in Troy while serving at St. Peter’s parish in Troy. He retired in 2008 after as the spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Flynn received national accolades for his leadership in investigating sexual abuse by the clergy. In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Sexual Abuse. He played a central role when the bishops met in Dallas that year, adopting a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual abuse.
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