That should be "Cohn" (I believe). Famous NY attorney
who served on Sen. Joseph McCarthy's staff and was active in anti-Communist conservative circles while secretly living a homosexual life. Died of AIDS some time back apparently.
The combination of feisty anti-Communist and homosexual has made Roy Cohn mythology somewhat legendary in the vitriolic, jargon-laden discourse of homosexual subculture. Strange underworld invading American culture at many levels (including, unfortunately, the RCC).