The Media has published many stories about the sexual abuse scandal in Ireland. In Catholic history, there are many Irish saints; a very famous one in the United States of America is St. Patrick.
The film, The Scarlet and the Black, is based on the life of an Irish priest, Msgr. Hugh O'Flaherty, who lived in the Vatican when Adolph Hitler's forces occupied Rome in 1943. O` Flaherty saved more than 6,500 allied soldiers and Jews from the death. When he went outside of Vatican City, he wore various disguises, which enabled him to avoid detection as he set his plans in motion.
Msgr. O` Flaherty received a number of awards, including the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) and the US Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. October, 1963 he sadly passed away. His death was mourned throughout the world, including a front page tribute in the New York Times, “Msgr. Hugh O'Flaherty Is Dead; Helped Allied P.O.W.'s in Rome; 'Devotion to Freedom Cause'”.
Eight million watched him in 1963 on BBC's This Is Your Life. He represents the other face of Irish priests.
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