Rather than answering Sister Aloysius's interrogation, pleading himself and solving crisis, he concentrates on the hierarchy of the Church which he thought should be discarded. This is not the respond we expect to hear from Father Flynn. Where is the Father Flynn who breakthrough the traditions and advocates "progressive education and a welcoming church "? He should be the person who does not care too much about the rules. As what he teaches students during a basketball lesson, "Look at my nails. They're long. I like them a little long, but look at how clean they are. That makes it okay. Even he himself breaks regulations and he justifies it by making it look tolerable from outside. He brings up these regulations during the argument with Sister Aloysius because otherwise he is not able to find other word to defend himself. He cannot tell the truth about what happened between him and Donald Muller who is concerned to be molested by Father Flynn. .
During the quarrel with Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn's tone also indicates he is a hypocrite. At first, he is so affirmative about his innocence that people may believe that he will prosecute Sister Aloysius if she does not provide further evidence. "You leave me no choice. I'm writing down what you say. I tend to get too flustered to remember the details of an upsetting conversation, and this may be important. When I talk to the monsignor and explain why you have to be removed as the principal of the school " (1965). Nevertheless, after Sister Aloysius mentions her "earlier conversation with a nun", he speaks like another person. He goes on to say "Have you never done anything wrong? Whatever I have done, I have left in the healing hands of my confessor. As have you! We are the same! "(1965) If he tries to defend himself, the logical response should be questioning the content of the conversation between Sister Aloysius and the nun, which he did not do.
