Thomas C. O’Flaherty
Priest with the Diocese of London, Ontario. Ordained 1948 as a priest for the American Province of the Society of African Missions. At some point and for reasons at this time unknown moved to London Ontario and became incardinated in the Diocese of London, Ontario. “Retired” in London, but within a few years was assisting at St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Belleview, Pensacola, Florida. He died in Pensacola in 2005.
According his obituary, was a member of Mensa.
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28 August 2012: Statement of Claim re sex abuse allegations against Father Thomas C. O’Flaherty
2005: Obituary in London Free Press
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Bishops of the Diocese of London, Ontario from time Father O’Flaherty arrived in the Diocese: John Thomas Kidd (03 July 1931 – 02 June 1950) ; John Christopher Cody (02 Jun 1950 - 05 Dec 1963); Gerald Emmett Carter (17 February 1964 – 29 April 1978 -Appointed, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario) John Michael Sherlock (7 July 1978 – 27 April 2002 ); Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. (27 Apr 2002 – - )
Auxiliary Bishop of London Diocese from time Father O’Flaherty arrived in the diocese: John Michael Sherlock (25 June 1974 — Bishop: 7 Jul 1978); Marcel André J. Gervais (19 Apr 1980 – 3 May 1985); Frederick Bernard Henry (18 April 1986 — 24 Mar 1995); Richard John Grecco (5 December 1997 – 27 April 2002); Robert Anthony Daniels ( 21 September 2004 to 1 March 2011)
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The following information is drawn from Canadian Catholic Church Directories (CCCD) which I have on hand, his obituary in the London Free Press (Obit), and the Statement of Claim/lawsuit (L)
16 May 2005: Memorial service held at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in London, Ontario with Bishop Ronald P. Fabbro officiating (Obit)
19 March 2005: Died in Pensacola, Florida (Obit)
I believe the following text is from the prayer cards handed out at his funeral?
Rev. Thomas C. O’Flaherty, Ph.D.
Assoc. Pastor St. Anne – Bellview
January 21. 1923
CORK, IRELAND
To
March 19. 2005
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
Eternal rest grant unto him, 0 Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace Amen.
May his soul and the souls of all
the faithful deported, through
the mercy of God, rest in peace
Amen.
approximately 2004 or early 2004: Doctorate in Medieval Latin (Obit)
2002: not listed in CCCD index
2001: officiated at graveside service and interment in Pensacola, Florida (Father Thomas OFlaherty officiating 2001)
2000: Officiated at a funeral Mass (Father Thomas OFlaherty funeral Mass 2000)
2000, 1999, 1998: 5200 Saufley Field Rd., Pensacola, Florida 32526-1626 (CCCD) Address for St. Ann Parish, Belleview
1997, 1996: 389 Dundas St., Apt. 1405, London, Ontario (CCCD)
1994: 389 Dundas St., Apt. 14-5, London, Ontario (CCCD)
1993, 1992, 1991: 800 Commissioner’s Rd. East ( CCCD) (This is the address for The London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario – from 1978 until his “retirement” he was apparently Chaplain to the Dep’t of Veteran’s Affairs, therefore chaplain for the veterans in the hospital?))
1985-86: address 777 Base Line Road East, London (shown as incardinated in Diocese of London, Ontario) CCCD (This is an address for the Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario – from 1978 until his “retirement” he was apparently Chaplain to the Dep’t of Veteran’s Affairs, therefore chaplain for the veterans in the hospital?)
1980: Box 5701, London, Ontario (OCD80) Shown in index as “O’Flaherty, T.C., SMA. “ The initials SMA indicate that he is a member of Society of African Missions, however, according to his obituary he was incardinated in the Diocese of London in 1978 and therefore was no longer a member of the order at that time. (From 1978 until his “retirement” he was apparently Chaplain to the Dep’t of Veteran’s Affairs, therefore serving as chaplain for the veterans in the hospital?)
19 January 1978: INCARDINATED into the Diocese of London, Ontario (Obit). Appointed Chaplain to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, a position he held until his retirement. (Obit) (When did he retire? it looks as though it may have been around late 1993 or 1994 – the ’94 CCCD shows him living in an apartment on Dundas St. He would have been about 71-years-of-age at the time. )
?-1978: assisting at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, London, Ontario from the time of his arrival in the diocese until 1978 (Obit)
according to Statement of Claim, sex abuse of boy started in approximately 1976 and continued for approximately five years (L)
Date ?: after serving on the Society of African Missions council served in the Bahamas (Obit)
Date ?: Tenafly, New Jersey (after elected to serve on council for the order (Obit)
Dates ?: served in Augusta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California until elected to the council for the Society of African Missions (Obit)
1946: first assignment to Society Queen of Apostles Seminary, Dedham, Massachusetts (Obit)
08 June 1946: ORDAINED as a priest with the Society of African Missions (“Society of Missionaries to Africa”) at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
Post graduate studies at Boston College (Obit)
Masters degree from Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (Obit)
1944: Degree in Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland (Obit)
21 January 1923: Born in Cork, Ireland (Obit)