Fr John Corapi has Announced in a Video Message that he is Leaving the Priesthood

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Marie5890 said:
Gary, hello and welcome to CAF.
One of the standards that is tried to lived by here is charity towards others in all things when we post.

God Bless and have a good day.
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Well, yes, I totally agree, however, I have seen much much worse…that has been gotten away with.
 
garygodin said:
Man, what a bunch of sanctimonious milarky is coming from some here. Father is still a Priest & will always be a Priest. His Priestly faculties have been taken away from him and he is moving on. For now I would put more faith in Father than a fired addict. Especially with some statements made by her as she was going out the door, reported by other employees of Father Corapi.
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Were it that cut and dry, why not simply let the investigation by the church conclude?
Why the need to halt the investigation?
Why the need to publicize the details?

At present, I have seen allegations that someone is trying to destroy character…but Corapi is the only one that has released damaging information to the public.
garygodin said:
Quote Bobbi Ruffatto, Vice President of Operations at Santa Cruz Media, Inc., said in a statement Friday that the only evidence against Corapi thus far is “the unsubstantiated rant of a former employee, who, after losing her job with this office, physically assaulted me and another employee and promised to ‘destroy’ Father Corapi.”
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That is fine. Let the investigation conclude.
Given the first hand nature of what he said, it would seem he would be a star witness to the investigative efforts of the church.
But apparently he is not since the witnesses the church needs to interview have all been gagged by Corapi’s civil suit.

Since people that have first-hand testimony and can speak without getting sued are not the ones the church wants to interview, perhaps the investigation of the church was not based upon the incident Corapi would have us believe it is.
 
garygodin said:
Man, what a bunch of sanctimonious milarky is coming from some here. Father is still a Priest & will always be a Priest. His Priestly faculties have been taken away from him and he is moving on. For now I would put more faith in Father than a fired addict. Especially with some statements made by her as she was going out the door, reported by other employees of Father Corapi.

Quote Bobbi Ruffatto, Vice President of Operations at Santa Cruz Media, Inc., said in a statement Friday that the only evidence against Corapi thus far is “the unsubstantiated rant of a former employee, who, after losing her job with this office, physically assaulted me and another employee and promised to ‘destroy’ Father Corapi.”
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A fired addict? I think it is disrespectful to talk of an accuser that way. The same could be said for Fr Corapi. A suspended addict. Lets play fair.
 
sedonaman said:
He said that the Church never helped him. I have seen this before, not the Church but my own employer. There was a supervisor who was accused by a female employee, and he had to hire his own attorney; I was the only one willing to get within ten feet of him. It were as though he had leprosy or the Black Death. At the advice of his attorney, he went out of his way and took a circuitous route whenever he had to walk from his desk to the front office, just to avoid having to pass by her. He was also advised not to speak to any female employee except to conduct business, which was tragic because there were lots of decent women in our office. This went on for over two years. He was eventually cleared, but he had to suffer alone, and no one apologized when it was over.

I had a performance problem with one of my male subordinates and had to go up against him and his union without any help from my management other than their wish for my good luck. When he failed in that attempt, he filed a discrimination charge against me. Since we were both white males, I inquired as to the nature of my discrimination. Turns out I was alleged to have discriminated against him because he was handicapped. I asked what the nature of his handicap was because it was not obvious, and since it was not obvious, how I could be using it as a basis for discrimination. He claimed a mental handicap [like I’m a psychiatrist and could tell?] . My stomach churned for six months and my normal blood pressure went sky-high also. I got no help from upper management in my struggle with this case either.

Coming from where I am, I can understand Fr. Corapi’s feelings toward his accuser and his superiors. Unless one has been there done that, one just can’t imagine what it’s like.
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👍 AT LAST! You have touched on what I think is the very root of this attack against Fr. Corapi. It’s “big business as usual” … except it is taking place within the political structure of our Church.
His superiors have been publicly annoyed with him for years due to his “in your face” style, rouge nature and orthodox stance on the genuine war of good vs. evil that he sees in the world. I believe “management” merely saw this as a convenient opportunity to exact their wrath without regard to the veracity of the allegations against him. I urgently hope they reconsider their position and the example they are displaying in view of the whole internet-accessed world.

Our Church does not need another scandal, political or otherwise!
 
Shoshana said:
The way I look at it, there are saints (big S or small s) are called to challenge and others do not. It all depends on what God wants from them. And how can one question that? St Francis challenged not even a priest who was having an affair, yet, we have st catherine of siena who challenged a pope…and everything else in between…God’s ways are not our ways.🤷
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I completely agree with this statement! This is how I see the whole Father Corapi thing. I am sick of hearing people talk about what he should and shouldn’t do all while not knowing probably even half the true story about what is going on. No one knows what Father Corapi is going through and what is in his heart and there are so many judgements against him out there. Everyone keeps comparing him to Padre Pio and saying that because he didn’t do what Padre Pio did he is going the route of Satan. There is not a cookie cutter approach to becoming a saint. God has a different plan for each one of us, and has different paths to get each one of us to heaven.We are not suppose to all be a mirror image of each other. That should be very evident when reading the lives of the Saints.
 
We do not know the whole story
We will probably never know the whole story.

My :twocents: is that we should just pray for Fr. Corapi and all the others involved that they will do what is right.
 
Maybe the title of this thread should be changed to remove the “Fr.” in John Corapi a.k.a. The BlackSheepDog. Hasn’t it been established that he should not be termed as Father?
 
vz71 said:
Given the first hand nature of what he said, it would seem he would be a star witness to the investigative efforts of the church.
But apparently he is not since the witnesses the church needs to interview have all been gagged by Corapi’s civil suit.
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No, this is not the case. The non-disclosure agreement was a standard business practice. No one has been “gagged by a civil suit”. The accuser violated the non-disclosure agreement she made when she left the company (which cost Corapi a tidy sum) so he filed a suit against her.
vz71 said:
Since people that have first-hand testimony and can speak without getting sued are not the ones the church wants to interview, perhaps the investigation of the church was not based upon the incident Corapi would have us believe it is.
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I suppose that is possible. There is a lot we don’t know. She sent a defaming and accusatory letter to several bishops, which is what triggered the Admin. Leave.
 
ringil said:
Maybe the title of this thread should be changed to remove the “Fr.” in John Corapi a.k.a. The BlackSheepDog. Hasn’t it been established that he should not be termed as Father?
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Yes, but the thread Title is worse because he never made any such announcement!
 
You may be surprised to know that there are many of us who do not even know who this “Corapi” individual is.

Why is he so important to so many of you? Sorry to disappoint.
 
byeway said:
You may be surprised to know that there are many of us who do not even know who this “Corapi” individual is.

Why is he so important to so many of you? Sorry to disappoint.
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I came across his teachings on Immaculate Heart radio. I quickly began to arrange my schedule so that I could hear his segment. He is ultra traditional, orthodox, passionate, practical, and a very good speaker. I have learned a great deal about my faith from him in recent years.

You can hear some clips of him on youtube, and there is an Easter Triduum that was available for free, if you want a sample, or PM me and I can send you some. Great stuff!
 
byeway said:
You may be surprised to know that there are many of us who do not even know who this “Corapi” individual is.

Why is he so important to so many of you? Sorry to disappoint.
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I am not surprised or disappointed that you are unaware of Fr. Corapi. I am replying to your post because I think it makes a good point here about the amount of impact this story might or might not have to many Catholics. Not to underplay the whole thing, even one incident of a priest who has some celebrity status having all this negative publicity is never good for the Church and even if only a few souls are affected that is a few too many. But to get back to what Im getting at is really, even with all the people, say just here on this forum how many are commenting on it? Probably a small percentage of all the members Obviously the people on this thread do and he has many supporters. And many members are probably aware but havent posted about it. Even among American Catholics, I would have to say there are way more who are unaware of him than there are who are aware of him. And Im not just referring to Catholics who pretty much dont live their faith. I think it`s pretty much EWTN viewers and Catholics who spend time on the internet who are awareof this situation.
 
kitkatty said:
I am not surprised or disappointed that you are unaware of Fr. Corapi. I am replying to your post because I think it makes a good point here about the amount of impact this story might or might not have to many Catholics. Not to underplay the whole thing, even one incident of a priest who has some celebrity status having all this negative publicity is never good for the Church and even if only a few souls are affected that is a few too many. But to get back to what Im getting at is really, even with all the people, say just here on this forum how many are commenting on it? Probably a small percentage of all the members Obviously the people on this thread do and he has many supporters. And many members are probably aware but havent posted about it. Even among American Catholics, I would have to say there are way more who are unaware of him than there are who are aware of him. And Im not just referring to Catholics who pretty much dont live their faith. I think it`s pretty much EWTN viewers and Catholics who spend time on the internet who are awareof this situation.
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If it matters, I am aware of him from catholic radio. I would look forward to hearing him.
 
Thanks,I should have mentioned radio also as another venue to hear Fr. Corapi.
 
Marie5890 said:
Gary, hello and welcome to CAF.
One of the standards that is tried to lived by here is charity towards others in all things when we post.

God Bless and have a good day.
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I am sorry if I have offended. I am rather passionate about justice and I detected the odor of animosity toward Father Corapi. But he is still a Priest and presumed innocent. If he’s found guilty then stack him up with the other disgraced Bishops/Priests. But from the comments made here, there maybe another motive, maybe some here work for a Diocese that may have a vested interest in seeing Father fall? Once again, forgive me if I offended.
 
kitkatty said:
I am not surprised or disappointed that you are unaware of Fr. Corapi. I am replying to your post because I think it makes a good point here about the amount of impact this story might or might not have to many Catholics. Not to underplay the whole thing, even one incident of a priest who has some celebrity status having all this negative publicity is never good for the Church and even if only a few souls are affected that is a few too many. But to get back to what Im getting at is really, even with all the people, say just here on this forum how many are commenting on it? Probably a small percentage of all the members Obviously the people on this thread do and he has many supporters. And many members are probably aware but havent posted about it. Even among American Catholics, I would have to say there are way more who are unaware of him than there are who are aware of him. And Im not just referring to Catholics who pretty much dont live their faith. I think it`s pretty much EWTN viewers and Catholics who spend time on the internet who are awareof this situation.
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Because EWTN can be watched online, there are lots of people around the (English-speaking) world who know of him and watched his programs. But, yeah, outside of the U.S. maybe it is mostly internet lovers who are aware of him. And I suppose if I hadn’t read some of the blogs, I wouldn’t have gotten so upset (the first few days-- I feel sort of detached about it all now).
 
guanophore said:
Yes, but the thread Title is worse because he never made any such announcement!
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It is a pefectly valid understanding…
From his website:
I have resigned from public ministry, which is rather anticlimactic to be sure since I was out of it anyhow due to the suspension or “administrative leave,” which is tantamount to suspension.
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Given that he has dropped ‘Father’ from his title and will not accept its usage anymore…and that he will not function as a priest…and that he cannot offer advice, counsel, or teaching as a priest…
He has very effectively left the rights and responsibilities of the priesthood.
 
byeway said:
You may be surprised to know that there are many of us who do not even know who this “Corapi” individual is.

Why is he so important to so many of you? Sorry to disappoint.
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Corapi is one of the most charismatic speakers I have heard in a very long time.

When he taught, there was an authority behind his voice that could be felt as well as heard. It appeared he lived the life as well as spoke the words.

And the combination brought many people into the church.
As well as increased the faith of others.

I view this as tragic. I do not know all of the details yet, but at present it would seem he is starting to confuse the message with the man.
 
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