what is Father Corapi's Status?

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Mark Shea has weighed in on the new website and the status of things:

markshea.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-sheepdog-continues-his-morph.html

At least one reply from a Corapian (that’s what his fans are calling themselves now) was so nasty that Shea had to delete it. On the Black Sheepdog’s facebook page, one of his followers described anyone who didn’t support Corapi without asking any questions a “sack of vomit critic.” He also said that anyone who disagrees that Corapi is totally innocent of all charges must be a homosexual. And a satanist. Lovely. And it stands on Corapi’s own facebook page which he apparently does not moderate?

This is so painful. Cannot someone of authority in the Church step in?
 
I am not a partisan supporter of Corapi, but I wrote my bishop to suggest he step in and hire Corapi for our diocese.

Well, he couldn’t have responded quicker saying he would do no such thing. In particular (oddly) he said that he didn’t know anything about Corapi. ??

I don’t know why Corapi bragged about his degrees. I don’t know that I heard him say anything THAT profound in any of his talks on EWTN.

I never saw him make a live appearance on EWTN, although he might have done that rarely. To me, he’s been pulling a “Charlie Sheen” in his own way. I don’t understand either of them, corapi or sheen. They both seem unbalanced to me. Perhaps they were under pressure that we can’t imagine.
 
nightranger said:
I know a priest who resigned years ago and still refers to himself “father xxxxx”(name omitted). He has officiated many weddings since then. Are these weddings valid? I know they are illicit, but are couples married by this “priest” really married as far as the church is concerned?
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Can. 1108 §1. Only those marriages are valid which are contracted before the local ordinary, pastor, or a priest or deacon delegated by either of them,

If he resigned in disgrace, the bishop would suspend his ministry, which would bar that priest from officiating at a wedding anywhere. If he retired in good graces of the Church, his faculties would not be suspended at the diocesan level, and it would be up to the individual pastors to delegate that authority to him.
 
sojo said:
This is so painful. Cannot someone of authority in the Church step in?
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The bishop of SOLT is the shepherd of Fr Corapi and has already stepped in and been spurned by him (and has been denegrated by Fr Corapi’s followers). That IS someone of authority stepping in.
 
Crumpy said:
I am not a partisan supporter of Corapi, but I wrote my bishop to suggest he step in and hire Corapi for our diocese.

Well, he couldn’t have responded quicker saying he would do no such thing. In particular (oddly) he said that he didn’t know anything about Corapi. ??
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Likewise, I don’t think any bishop would look at the scandalous way that Fr Corapi and his followers have treated SOLT and even consider for a moment the idea that Fr Corapi should be “hired” outright and redeemed without first showing contrition and humility for his rebellion.

At this point, having never seen Fr Corapi preach, knowing nothing about the allegations, and even presuming he’s innocent of those allegations, I’m already opposed to Fr Corapi’s immediate return to the ministry and appalled by his egregious behavior. This is not the way a saint of the church behaves.
 
promethius said:
At this point… I’m already opposed to Fr Corapi’s immediate return to the ministry and appalled by his egregious behavior. This is not the way a saint of the church behaves.
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Indeed. I have read that even Padre Pio was disciplined by his superior, forbidden to teach or preach, and he became a very gifted confessor.
 
thomas_jd said:
This process may take as long as five years from what I have read!
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The process is actually not as long as you think…I submitted my request for laicization in April of 2005 (and despite John Paull II’s death), it was granted 11 months later. Others who have gone through the process and with whom I have spoken have also confirmed that 11-12 months was the average.

And per Fr. Corapi’s situation: having dealth with a mental illness myself, my senses are screaming at me that he may be dealing with such as well. Note that I’m not making any kind of accusation, but just an observation…having read and listened to what he has said and what others have said.
 
Lisahiku

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Originally Posted by promethius
At this point… I’m already opposed to Fr Corapi’s immediate return to the ministry and appalled by his egregious behavior. This is not the way a saint of the church behaves.

Spiritbound:
Indeed. I have read that even Padre Pio was disciplined by his superior, forbidden to teach or preach, and he became a very gifted confessor.

Spiritbound does not seem to be equating Ft Corapi with St Pio. Rather even Saint’s (such as St John of the Cross) have submitted to authority even when the punishment is unfair, illegal or morally wrong. St. Pio could fall into that group, unlike what we see of the behavior of FT. Corapi. Then again, hopefully we are missing the humility and pray that the docility to authority is there.
 
I think it’s clear to all but the most besotted “fan” what John Corapi’s status is. If I had any doubts left, this afternoon’s post by The Black SheepDog would have dispelled them:

theblacksheepdog.us/black-sheepdog-blog/dont-look-back.html

He describes his biography (no longer a conversion story) as the account of his life “before ordination, throughout ordination, and recent.” He may technically still be a priest, but he is no longer acting like one, even one under suspension. He is riding the hills without a helmet, sad, pathetic, a wreck of whatever gifts he once had.

He now claims that it is not God’s grace or Mary’s favor that saved him, but just “holding on and keeping working”–the secret for gaining not salvation, not heaven, but “prosperity.”

I have been following this story since March and attempting to bring some reason, logic, and clarity to the insanity, but this is too much. He is not beyond God’s grace and the help of prayer, because none of us is, but he is certainly beyond the time and attention of faithful Catholics. His “fans” will never acknowledge that, but they are fewer and fewer.

Goodbye, Mr Corapi. I won’t be looking onward.
 
A few things:

What is going around John Corapi (Fr or not) is just so sad. I will continue to pray for him.
Please don`t compare Padre Pio with this case. He was obedient, faithful and did was he was told to. God bless him.

The only thing to do here is to pray and pray the rosary especially for Corapi and his status.
He is angry, scared and try to figure out what to do. Don`t hate the man, love him just more than ever.

That is what we are about right? Meet hate/anger/frustration with love and care.
 
Padraig1972 said:
What is going around John Corapi (Fr or not) is just so sad. I will continue to pray for him.
Please don`t compare Padre Pio with this case. He was obedient, faithful and did was he was told to. God bless him.
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Erm???

Why SHOULDN’T we look at Fr Pio, Saint Joan d’Ark, or any of the other saints who humbly accepted persecution as an example of how Father Corapi should be behaving? Do you have a problem with people looking to the saints as good examples of Christian faith to contradict poor examples of very human behavior? Isn’t that one of the purposes of the Saints being declared Saints???
 
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