JD Flynn is a canon lawyer, and the co-founder of The Pillar, a journalism project focused on the Catholic Church. Before that he was chancellor of the Archdiocese of Denver, special assistant to Bishop James Conley in the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Agency.
JD has been an instructor of canon law at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, and St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver, Colorado.
He has served as a consultor to the USCCB and as canonical advisor to projects for the Apostolic See. JD has published writing in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and various Catholic publications. He has a licentiate in canon law from The Catholic University of America and a master’s in theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
JD has also published extensively on the rights of people with disabilities, and is a board member of the FIRE Foundation of Denver, which facilitates the enrollment of children with disabilities in Catholic schools.
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