Fr. Corapi placed on Administrative Leave Following Accusations

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dfp42 said:
Immaculate Heart Radio is standing by Fr. Corapi and will continue to play his stuff until he is found guilty. You can listen to them online ihradio.org/

What I don’t understand is why Immaculate Heart Radio is allowed to play his material but EWTN is not. Did the Church mandate that his stuff stop being played on the air? If so, why is Immaculate Heart Radio is going against what the Church asks…

EWTN states: “We are obliged to do so in obedience to the discipline of the Church.”
Immaculate Heart Radio…isn’t obliged to the discipline of the Church?

Kinda makes you wonder honestly if this was just a personal decision of EWTN or if they are really are obliged to the discipline of the Church. And it’s not even that they don’t play his material, they completely took him out of their catalog as well. This happened and a decision was made in 1 day.🤷

If it wrong to play his material over the air because of EWTN’s claim, is it wrong for me to pop in his dvd and watch it with my family on the TV after dinner? both are doing the same thing broadcasting his material…
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EWTN may have been the local Bishop’s decision (or a Franciscan one). EWTN would be bound, but no one outside of his diocese would be bound by the decision. I’m guessing, obviously 😉
 
Luigi_Daniele said:
EWTN may have been the local Bishop’s decision (or a Franciscan one). EWTN would be bound, but no one outside of his diocese would be bound by the decision. I’m guessing, obviously 😉
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Perhaps EWTN doesn’t want risk the chance of looking bad? Or they have some inside information about Fr. John’s situation that we don’t know about? The network isn’t run by Mother Angelica. In 1999 The Holy See appointed an Apostolic Visitor, Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to investigate. Archbishop Gonzalez Nieves saw three distinct problems: the ownership of the network, the monastery’s right to give property to EWTN, and, since she had never been elected, the legitimacy of Mother Angelica’s authority. To prevent the Holy See from making changes, Mother Angelica resigned her positions on the EWTN board and turned it completely over to lay people, which severed official connection with her monastery and assured that the management of EWTN were not directly dependent on the bishops or the Holy See
 
+Below is the new statement EWTN released just yesterday . . .

. . . :coffeeread: . . .
EWTN releases new statement on Fr. Corapi
**March 23, 2011 **
- posted with comments by Deacon Greg Kandra
Diocese of Brooklyn, New York

"We are aware that many of our supporters are disappointed in EWTN’s decision to remove Father John Corapi’s programs from the Network during his administrative leave. We too are greatly disappointed that EWTN had to make this difficult decision. We can assure you that it was made with much prayer and careful discernment.

The fact is that Father John’s own religious community has placed him on administrative leave and his capacity to function publicly as a priest has been suspended during the investigation of the charges against him. This was officially communicated to all of the bishops of the country in a statement saying that, “…Fr. Corapi has been placed on administrative leave and has had all of his priestly faculties removed.”

In EWTN’s thirty years of existence, the Network has never knowingly aired programming featuring any priest whose priestly faculties have been suspended. The Network has always responded consistently and immediately in such situations by removing such programs from the air. ** We are obliged to do so in obedience to the discipline of the Church.**

Father John has long been a friend of EWTN and many of us have worked closely with him throughout the years. He is a tremendously gifted preacher who has led many souls to Christ. We are doing exactly as he has asked and supporting him and everyone involved in the situation in the best way possible, through our prayers.

It is also our prayer that this matter will be brought to a speedy resolution so that Father John’s programs can be returned to the airwaves."​
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COMMENT by Deacon Kandra . . .
This strikes me as sensible and sensitive, and in keeping with canon law. If a priest’s faculties are suspended, it means he cannot celebrate the sacraments publicly, wear clerical attire, or publicly present himself as a priest. If he can’t do that now, he shouldn’t be doing it on a broadcast, even if it was taped when he was a priest in good standing.

Let’s continue to pray for a swift and positive resolution to this whole matter, for the sake of Fr. Corapi — and for the sake of all his faithful viewers, too.
:compcoff: Link: patheos.com/community/deaconsbench/2011/03/23/ewtn-releases-new-statement-on-fr-corapi/
. . . all for Jesus+
+ Jesus I Trust in You! +​
 
Jesus_123 said:
COMMENT by Deacon Kandra . . .
This strikes me as sensible and sensitive, and in keeping with canon law. If a priest’s faculties are suspended, it means he cannot celebrate the sacraments publicly, wear clerical attire, or publicly present himself as a priest. If he can’t do that now, he shouldn’t be doing it on a broadcast, even if it was taped when he was a priest in good standing./quote]

So he’s not in good standing or his faculties were removed? I guess I shouldn’t watch any dvd’s I own of his now because he’s not in good standing?
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How long would this process take normally? Or is that like asking how long is a piece of string?

It is worrying if as per another poster, a preliminary investigation was conducted and the accusations deemed credible enough to warrant further investigation. However, if this was a former employee, she would perhaps make her accusations more credible because she would have details of his diary, and be able to put time and place to her accusations.

Again, prayers for all involved.
 
dfp42 said:
So he’s not in good standing or his faculties were removed? I guess I shouldn’t watch any dvd’s I own of his now because he’s not in good standing?
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Nobody said that. There’s a big difference between EWTN following diocesan guidelines not to promote Father (yes he still has that title) Corapi’s materials and you listening to them.

You need to be mindful of lurkers who are looking but not posting, many who are considering conversion or reversion. We, who put “Catholic” as our faith, must remember to witness charitably and to demonstrate our obedience to our bishops.
 
Chelalu said:
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 But I am angry. I am angry with some Catholic broadcast media for this rush to distance themselves from the name and work of  Corapi. It recalls for me other shunnings:.
So dfp, i heartily agree with you and additionally, hope that Catholic broadcast media (another gift via the unworthy) will rethink how it handles the work of the flawed, the sinful (who? me?) and those accused of scandal.
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I certainly agree. Father Corapi’s work prior to the allegations does not constitute (current) public ministry. Catholic media are retroactively suspending his faculties.
 
Gabriel_Serafin said:
I have been worried about Fr. Corapi for the past year ever since I saw his changing appearance. I found it rather troubling and odd to say the least for a priest in a religious order who is 62 years old with white/gray hair to suddenly trim and dye his beard black. I tried to reconcile this by offering the benefit of the doubt, thinking, well, maybe he wants to appeal to the younger generation and appear strong. But my gut feeling was that it was strange.
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The last two pictures just don’t seem real - are you sure they are not touched up images because it not only looks like his beard is black but that he has had an eye and/or brow lift . I haven’t seen him recently but they look rather suspicious to me.
 
Elzee said:
The last two pictures just don’t seem real - are you sure they are not touched up images because it not only looks like his beard is black but that he has had an eye and/or brow lift . I haven’t seen him recently but they look rather suspicious to me.
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I saw Father Corapi in person in May 2010. He absolutely looked more like the last person. Dark beard, shiny bald head. Expensive suit. We had really good tickets. His talk was still excellent, but I was shocked by his worldly appearance.
 
Elzee said:
The last two pictures just don’t seem real - are you sure they are not touched up images because it not only looks like his beard is black but that he has had an eye and/or brow lift . I haven’t seen him recently but they look rather suspicious to me.
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Elzee,

Those last two pictures are not touched up. It is how he looks these days.
 
qui_est_ce said:
I saw Father Corapi in person in May 2010. He absolutely looked more like the last person. Dark beard, shiny bald head. Expensive suit. We had really good tickets. His talk was still excellent, but I was shocked by his worldly appearance.
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Then that’s it I guess. His appearance changed (so you say, under the guise of ‘concern’), so he must be snorting blow and mainlining smack. :rolleyes:

I guess he’s now in Satan’s employ. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
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