Monsignor O'Flaherty had socialized withthese people before the war now he hid them in monasteries and convents,and in his own residence-the German College. Monsignor O'Flaherty got his start in smuggling and hiding refugees in thefall of 1942, when the Germans and Italians cracked down on prominent Jewsand aristocratic anti-Fascists. CardinalOttaviani, however, liked and defended him.
He raised some eyebrows by becoming amateur golf championof Italy- diocesan priests of Rome were not allowed to play golf. O'Flaherty had a stunningsuccess in Roman social high life this would prove important during theNazi occupation. After fouryears in the Vatican diplomatic service, he was appointed a notary of theHoly Office.Īlthough many people found him rough-edged, Msgr. He served as vice rector of the college for the next two years,while earning doctorates in divinity, canon law and philosophy.
O'Flaherty earned his bachelor's degree in theology in one year at the UrbanCollege of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, and was ordainedin 1925. Hugh O'Flaherty had only a standard, modest Irish antipathy towards the Britishuntil he was in seminary then some of his boyhood friends were killed bythe Black and Tans.
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