What Happened to Fr. John Corapi?

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guanophore said:
That is just what is so confusing and distressing. He was called upon by SOLT to come live in community, and suffer his suspension while supported by them. This basically means he would live a private and contempletive life, rather than putting himself out as a public figure. He could be faithful to his promises to the community to be obedient, chaste, and live in poverty while setting an example for the flock.

He could have “moved on” in obedience to his SOLT superior, and achieved a more private life without all this public scandal and disarray. 🤷
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guanophore
I believe you pretty much summed up the answer in your statement. My view, based on
everything that has taken place and all that I see, that is, the charges, the counter charges
the wealth and style of living describe by both the order and others as well as all I discovered
on line about his corporation, “Santa Cruz Media” and the phenomenal amount of money that
was paid for appearances coupled with his determination to remain independant; given all that I can easily understand that he wanted to walk away from his priesthood and the Order.
Even if he left the Order he would then come under the direction of the local ordinary,(bishop)
which would encompass a drastic change in life style. Sadly he chose another path that
may do immeasurable damage to some of his followers which will have to be settled between
he and God. Todays Gosple probably sums it up pretty well. “Some seed will fall on good ground and see and hear and will grow, but then is choked by thorns.” The riches of the world.
Pax
 
DaveBj said:
I find it interesting that the OP chose to put this in the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum. (I’m not trying to be snarky or snide or anything like that; I just thought it was interesting to find this thread in this forum.)
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I found it suspicious as well…
 
Make that 4 of us who found this to be an odd forum on Fr Corapi. 😃
 
DaveBj said:
I find it interesting that the OP chose to put this in the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum. (I’m not trying to be snarky or snide or anything like that; I just thought it was interesting to find this thread in this forum.)

I found it suspicious as well…
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Maybe it’s because as an Anglican he feels he should post on the Non-Catholic forum, so far this is only forum the OP has ever posted on.
 
zaffiroborant said:
Maybe it’s because as an Anglican he feels he should post on the Non-Catholic forum, so far this is only forum the OP has ever posted on.
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I have met many members who seem to think that is the only place they are allowed/supposed to post. :confused:
 
I know that people change, but in hindsight, it seems to me that on the older Fr. Corapi shows on EWTN (not long after his ordination), he comes across differently than on the ones from the last couple of years. On the older ones, he seems very humble and not celebrity-oriented. On the newer ones there is a strange quality to the way he presents. It is hard to put your finger on it, but I wonder if it is a by-product of the problems that have surfaced.
 
Little_One0307 said:
Nope, make that 5 now. 😃
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Really nothing odd about it, the OP is not Catholic and the only forum s/he posts on is the non-Catholic one. As someone else noted, many non-Catholics seem to feel the other forums here are for Catholics and this one is for them
 
zaffiroborant said:
Really nothing odd about it, the OP is not Catholic and the only forum s/he posts on is the non-Catholic one. As someone else noted, many non-Catholics seem to feel the other forums here are for Catholics and this one is for them
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Perhaps we should disabase them of that notion. Perhaps a sticky in the Non-Catholic Religion forum would be helpful to the Non-Catholics. I hate to think that they think that they are relegated to this forum. What do you think?
 
" It ain’t over till it’s over". Don’t prepare your post mortems on this spiritual giant of the Roman Catholic Faith just as yet. God has showed him His plans for him at other turning points in his life, He must have known of this turn also. He is not extinguished!
 
Little_One0307 said:
Perhaps we should disabase them of that notion. Perhaps a sticky in the Non-Catholic Religion forum would be helpful to the Non-Catholics. I hate to think that they think that they are relegated to this forum. What do you think?
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I don’t know what would help, I’ve seen non-Catholic posters invited to join discussions on other forums and decline. In some cases the person indicated that discussion might turn into debate and it would be better to stay on this one others just seemed more comfortable here.🤷
 
I’ve only seen this guy before twice. Once, on TV, and the other time pasted on an enormous advertisement that was posted roadside on my route to work. My initial impression was, if this guy wasn’t a priest, he’d probably be a real jerk. I don’t know what he was like in the begining of his career but sadly, I don’t feel any surprise when I hear what he’s accused of. I hope the accusations are false, but based on what I’ve seen, I highly doubt it.
 
To be fair, the few Anglican sites and blogs I’ve read have been remarkably charitable and kind regarding the whole Corapi thing. They seem genuinely saddened for their Catholic brothers and sisters who are going through all this, and I’m not seeing an overwhelming, “those Catholics, they had this coming” attitude that many of us feared. One poster even commented that though their knee-jerk reaction was to snicker at the Catholics, he quickly felt only sorrow for what we are going through and acknowledged that it wasn’t a “Catholic problem” at all, but a truly Christian problem of pride and greed.

I haven’t looked at many other websites of more traditionally anti-Catholic sects… and it wouldn’t surprise me if this scandal were turned against us eventually, but for now, it has been most charitable, for which we must be most grateful to our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Therefore, IMO, we really shouldn’t jump on how “strange” it is for a non-Catholic to post their concern about Fr. Corapi on the non-Catholic board. I’m sure its totally innocent.
 
I started listening to him this past Advent/Christmas season for the first time after hearing about him for a long time. My son and I listened to him coming home at night, driving past the lake with all the lights…very nice…and I remember Fr Corapi saying if people do not venerate the Eucharist, then don’t go there…

And then his talk on addictions this last December 2010…ending…about this all the work of spiritual darkness…his life…and to pray for him, because it could come back…
 
We Catholics are always being told to pray and do penance for our clergy…and this makes me wonder as well if we were not doing enough spiritually for them…
 
I think what scares me more than anything, are how some folks appear to be ready to still “follow” him no matter what. Kind of creepy, and almost cult like if you ask me.

He’s a man. Maybe a good one, maybe not, but just a man. I found his last speech, with the Harley jacket and stuff a bit disturbing. His statements about how good the Church is etc. Kind of like knowing if he puts the Church down, people will sway away from him, but if he speaks well of it, people will still think of him as a great guy etc. It’s kind of an old tactic to get people to follow you etc.

I don’t know, maybe I’m reading too much into it. It scares me though. I guess the best we can do is keep him in our prayers, and hope for the best for him.
 
It has saddened me to see Corapi’s fall from grace. I agree with an earlier poster, his newer talks on EWTN were not the same as his older ones. The message is what was important, not the man. His series on the Catechism is just fantastic and helped me greatly in coming to know the truth of what the Church teaches.
 
KathleenGee said:
We Catholics are always being told to pray and do penance for our clergy…and this makes me wonder as well if we were not doing enough spiritually for them…
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Or maybe we should hold close to our heart the Biblical admonishment to beware false prophets.
 
Yes, but in the Roman Catholic ordination, once a priest, always a priest…and considering his impact on people, we do need to continue to pray for him…
 
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