LUTHMANN NOTE: Flynn is a walking contradiction—and the hypocrisy isn’t subtle. When it suited his power, he preached “believe the child” as an absolute, evidence be damned. Now, when the accuser is his own blood, suddenly credibility matters, mental health disqualifies, and skepticism is mandatory. That’s not principle—that’s self-preservation. Ryan Flynn’s allegations deserve the same presumption that John Flynn weaponized against others. Instead, the accuser sits in jail on a screenshot case that wouldn’t survive daylight if the names were reversed. If belief precedes evidence, as Flynn insisted, then we must believe Ryan. Anything else exposes Flynn as a moral fraud—and possibly something far worse. This piece first appeared on FrankReport.com.
By Frank Parlato
Ryan Flynn Speaks: Two Accusations, Double Standard
(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – On December 15, I published a story about former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn and two cases involving him. In it, I described how Flynn prosecuted political consultant, former Erie County Democratic Chairman, and longtime adversary Steve Pigeon in 2021 on uncorroborated allegations of child sexual abuse, justifying the prosecution with a phrase that required no proof and permitted no dissent: “I stand with the child.”
The story also described how Flynn’s younger cousin, Ryan Flynn, accused him of sexually abusing him when Ryan was about ten years old during visits to his father’s home in South Buffalo. Ryan later filed a police report with the Buffalo Police.
Six months after making the report, Ryan Flynn was arrested on allegations that he had posted an anonymous online threat against Flynn’s wife from an account called “JohnFlynn@NeedMoreHaters1.” He has now spent more than two months in the Erie County Holding Center without bail.
Believe The Child: The Framework
In prosecuting Steve Pigeon, John Flynn articulated a doctrine with two parts.
First, belief preceded evidence. “I believe the child” was not a finding, but an assumption…