There is assumption that I am not . All I have said is that I find it troubling all of his materials have been purged when all that is happening is an investigation at this point.
Maybe, but Fr. Corapi is prety high profile in the Catholic world. I think what you’re saying would more likely be the case for your everyday parish priest. Not one who’s all over the Catholic media. I think keeping it under wraps would have back-fired bigtime, personally. I think he’s just trying to put it all out on the table because he knows that it would have leaked eventually.
Definitely a plus here. So much going on in the world that this is not showing up in the mainstream media. More of a blip here on CAF. Not too much in Catholic media either. It’s has a very limited audience who is interested in it
We don’t know what he has been accused of, what investigation has been completed, what other information may be available to which we are not privy, what other options were considered, or why those in authority decided that these steps were required or justified. Just as charity requires that we avoid premature judgment of Fr. Corapi, charity also requires that we not judge the actions of those charged with handling the situation–particularly as we don’t have all the facts.
From Fr Corapi’s website, “* a former employee sent a three-page letter to several bishops accusing me of everything from drug addiction to multiple sexual exploits with her and several other adult women*”.
It was Fr Corapi who made this public.
No. He is in public ministry and he has to explain why he is on administrative leave. I don’t understand why this couldn’t be handled more discreetly. The only charitable explanation is that the accusations are credible.
Can you show any other source for the information that Fr Corapi is on leave that predates Fr Corapi’s comment on his website?
Again, it was Fr Corapi that released this information to the public.
All of his 2010 talks he did talk about this. Turns out it happened to him. He was in trouble before when a lady claimed him of raping her from Milwaukee, turns out the lady claimed he jumped out of the television and did it. (seriously) He was stressed out for months over that and it caused him great stress. What happened to the lady who made the claim? nothing. All of his most recent talks though spoke about the attack on the priesthood and the things he had to go through etc. I find it kinda typical that this would happen, and to be honest with a zero tolerance policy, this isn’t the last time either. I personally think there needs to be a new policy for this. If I don’t like the way you look or your face I can simply write a few letters and you get the boot and have all kinds of stress whether you are popular or not doesn’t matter. I feel that’s the reason why we don’t hear people preach the way he does because of that fear. It was only a matter of time until Corapi got the boot and I think he knew this all along. People are sue happy today and it doesn’t matter if you are innocent. If someone doesn’t like you there’s nothing from stopping them from filing a claim against you just to stress you out. This will happen to many many more priest’s in the next few years. It seems to be happening more in our times then ever. Fr. Corapi won’t be the only priest this happens to, I’d bet on it…As Fr. Corapi always said, we are in a war, and Satan and his minions are excellent tacticians. A good tactic in war is to snipe the officers. I would be surprised if Fr. Corapi is surprised at this attack on his good name, and his ministry. Shocked, perhaps. But not surprised. It was to be expected, I believe. The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen used to say that whenever there is a strong effort on the part of the Holy Spirit, there is also a strong effort on the part of the demonic to counter that effort. That’s the battle we wage!
I hope the Church can finish up its investigation very quickly so that we can get Fr. Corapi back on the battle front! And maybe he can use this time as a brief rest and come back even more energized! I’m praying for him, in the meantime!
Well yes he could have handled this in many different ways but I believe that would have only served to fuel speculation. And any time there is a priest put on “administrative leave” you know what people will assume. I would rather come out and say I am being accused of being a drug addict and a fornicator than allow people to assume the worst about me.
Thank you for posting this. It seems EWTN is merely trying to both be charitable and handle the matter with propriety.
Thanks for posting this. Glad they made a statement.
Had this happened ten years ago, I doubt EWTN would make such a move. It is a clear overreation because even if FC did those things, they are sinful, but not illegal. His teachings and writings and videos should not be deemed false if he did commit sinful acts.
We don’t know exactly what is being alleged. The woman was an employee so she may be claiming sexual harassment (a crime). Drug addiction could also involve illegal actions. We simply don’t know. Placing someone facing these allegations on leave is SOP for many organizations.
Is there anyway to protect yourself from this in today’s society? Even you yourself?
Short of never being out of sight of someone, I don’t think so.
Do you personally think it would be best to simply live a life of contemplative prayer (hidden) instead of being preacher (seen) and known to people who can simply accuse you?