Update on Fr. Corapi

Update on Fr. Corapi
January 25, 2013

I got the following update last night from a Montana resident who claims to be in the know. They say Fr. Corapi lives in a gated community in Whitefish, Montana, on Whitefish Lake. He is seen about riding his Harley. He never wears clerics or any religious garb. He is not known to be active in any parish.

He appears to have left the priesthood for good. I have known many people who held out pious hopes that he would turn up in a monastery somewhere, offering prayer and penance. That isn’t likely to occur. He seems to be very happy with his millions and his secular life.

One last point, just opinion, from me – he fell into something bad a few years before the allegations surfaced – we all saw his behavior and appearance change around 2008 or 9 – blacksheepdog.us was an attempt to keep income flowing after he left the priesthood, but it wasn’t generating much, so he shut it down and walked away.

UPDATE: Before you freak out and accuse me of being a Corapi-hater, a mainstream media apparatchik, or anything else, please search the site for Corapi. I think you’ll find I defended Corapi for a long time. I think you’ll also find that I was a big fan of his. But sometimes we have to face reality, and the reality is that he chose to leave the priesthood. And that fact scandalized many.

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samima
Regardless what Fr. Corapi did, doing or will be doing in the future, he was a very powerful speaker and his message was solid Catholic teaching. Its a shame he did not abide by his own message, but its a very timely reminder for all good Catholics to concentrate on our Lord, His Church and it's magisterium and not on individuals, this is one reason the Church never declare any living saint.
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Regardless what Fr. Corapi did, doing or will be doing in the future, he was a very powerful speaker and his message was solid Catholic teaching. Its a shame he did not abide by his own message, but its a very timely reminder for all good Catholics to concentrate on our Lord, His Church and it's magisterium and not on individuals, this is one reason the Church never declare any living saint.
Either way, I still enjoy watching and learning from his talks regardless of his recent behavior, as this only highlights the fact that only our Lord and His Church are infallible, while the rest of us are poor sinners who need our Lord's mercy.
Lets keep Fr. Corapi in our prayers.
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The charges against Fr. Corapi are clearly outlined below with the statement from his superior, Fr. Gerald Sheehan at SOLT. If you feel compelled to defend Fr. Corapi and dispute the findings of Fr. Sheehan, take it up with SOLT.
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Via EWTN, Father Sheehan, Fr. Corapi's superior at SOLT, drops the bombshell (July …More
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The charges against Fr. Corapi are clearly outlined below with the statement from his superior, Fr. Gerald Sheehan at SOLT. If you feel compelled to defend Fr. Corapi and dispute the findings of Fr. Sheehan, take it up with SOLT.
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Via EWTN, Father Sheehan, Fr. Corapi's superior at SOLT, drops the bombshell (July 2011):

SOLT's fact-finding team has acquired information from Fr. Corapi's e-mails, various witnesses, and public sources that, together, state that, during his years of public ministry:

He did have sexual relations and years of cohabitation (in California and Montana) with a woman known to him, when the relationship began, as a prostitute; He repeatedly abused alcohol and drugs; He has recently engaged in sexting activity with one or more women in Montana; He holds legal title to over $1 million in real estate, numerous luxury vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a boat dock, and several motor boats, which is a serious violation of his promise of poverty as a perpetually professed member of the Society
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But the story does not end there:

SOLT has contemporaneously with the issuance of this press release directed Fr. John Corapi, under obedience, to return home to the Society’s regional office and take up residence there. It has also ordered him, again under obedience, to dismiss the lawsuit he has filed against his accuser.

SOLT's prior direction to Fr. John Corapi not to engage in any preaching or teaching, the celebration of the sacraments or other public ministry continues. Catholics should understand that SOLT does not consider Fr. John Corapi as fit for ministry.
Jethro
please be aware he is a priest forever!
You know that and I know that but evidently he doesn't.
Why don't you drop Fr. Black Sheep Dog a note, Gilber and remind him that he is a priest forever? Maybe in between the whores, the drugs and the booze, he might get the message?
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please be aware he is a priest forever!

You know that and I know that but evidently he doesn't.

Why don't you drop Fr. Black Sheep Dog a note, Gilber and remind him that he is a priest forever? Maybe in between the whores, the drugs and the booze, he might get the message?

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Gilber Scrivani
please be aware he is a priest forever! what he needs is prayer he and any priest that has lost his vocation.
You only see a man, as Vassula in her new book says
"Heaven is Real and so is hell".
Pray for all priests who have fallen.
satan goes after them with particular anger because they put Christ in the hands and being of humanity.
Gilbert scrivaniMore
please be aware he is a priest forever! what he needs is prayer he and any priest that has lost his vocation.
You only see a man, as Vassula in her new book says
"Heaven is Real and so is hell".
Pray for all priests who have fallen.
satan goes after them with particular anger because they put Christ in the hands and being of humanity.

Gilbert scrivani
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Make substantive posts or do not post at all.
The charges against Fr. Corapi are clearly outlined below with the statement from his superior, Fr. Gerald Sheehan at SOLT. If you feel compelled to defend Fr. Corapi and dispute the findings of Fr. Sheehan, take it up with SOLT.
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Via EWTN, Father Sheehan, Fr. Corapi's superior at SOLT, drops the bombshell (July …More
Make substantive posts or do not post at all.

The charges against Fr. Corapi are clearly outlined below with the statement from his superior, Fr. Gerald Sheehan at SOLT. If you feel compelled to defend Fr. Corapi and dispute the findings of Fr. Sheehan, take it up with SOLT.
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Via EWTN, Father Sheehan, Fr. Corapi's superior at SOLT, drops the bombshell (July 2011):

SOLT's fact-finding team has acquired information from Fr. Corapi's e-mails, various witnesses, and public sources that, together, state that, during his years of public ministry:

He did have sexual relations and years of cohabitation (in California and Montana) with a woman known to him, when the relationship began, as a prostitute; He repeatedly abused alcohol and drugs; He has recently engaged in sexting activity with one or more women in Montana; He holds legal title to over $1 million in real estate, numerous luxury vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a boat dock, and several motor boats, which is a serious violation of his promise of poverty as a perpetually professed member of the Society
.

But the story does not end there:

SOLT has contemporaneously with the issuance of this press release directed Fr. John Corapi, under obedience, to return home to the Society’s regional office and take up residence there. It has also ordered him, again under obedience, to dismiss the lawsuit he has filed against his accuser.

SOLT's prior direction to Fr. John Corapi not to engage in any preaching or teaching, the celebration of the sacraments or other public ministry continues. Catholics should understand that SOLT does not consider Fr. John Corapi as fit for ministry.
Fidelium
FACT: "Father Corapi has CHOSEN to abandon his priestly ministry."
Holy Cannoli
Identification: psychological orientation of the self in regard to something (as a person or group) with a resulting feeling of close emotional association often clouding objectivity. In cases such as the “Black Sheep Dog” the phenomenon is commonly refereed to as 'hero worship.'
Fact: Fr. Gerard Sheehan, Father John Corapi's superior in the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) has …More
Identification: psychological orientation of the self in regard to something (as a person or group) with a resulting feeling of close emotional association often clouding objectivity. In cases such as the “Black Sheep Dog” the phenomenon is commonly refereed to as 'hero worship.'

Fact: Fr. Gerard Sheehan, Father John Corapi's superior in the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) has said that he "does not consider Fr. John Corapi as fit for ministry."

Irrelevant to the Sheep Dog's Hero worshipers.
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Fact: Father Corapi has chosen to abandon his priestly ministry.

Irrelevant to the Sheep Dog's Hero worshipers.
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Fact: Father Corapi has chosen to flout the will of his supriors at SOLT by continuing to sell "the entire inventory of Fr. John Corapi material . . . up until 5:00 pm Eastern time, July 25th, 2011" (as announced on “The Black Sheepdog” on July 11).

Irrelevant to the Sheep Dog's Hero worshipers.
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Via EWTN, Father Sheehan, Fr. Corapi's superior at SOLT, drops the bombshell (July 2011):

SOLT's fact-finding team has acquired information from Fr. Corapi's e-mails, various witnesses, and public sources that, together, state that, during his years of public ministry:

He did have sexual relations and years of cohabitation (in California and Montana) with a woman known to him, when the relationship began, as a prostitute; He repeatedly abused alcohol and drugs; He has recently engaged in sexting activity with one or more women in Montana; He holds legal title to over $1 million in real estate, numerous luxury vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a boat dock, and several motor boats, which is a serious violation of his promise of poverty as a perpetually professed member of the Society
.

But the story does not end there:

SOLT has contemporaneously with the issuance of this press release directed Fr. John Corapi, under obedience, to return home to the Society’s regional office and take up residence there. It has also ordered him, again under obedience, to dismiss the lawsuit he has filed against his accuser.

SOLT's prior direction to Fr. John Corapi not to engage in any preaching or teaching, the celebration of the sacraments or other public ministry continues. Catholics should understand that SOLT does not consider Fr. John Corapi as fit for ministry.


The Black $$$heep Dog
delagotti
i have forgiven father corapi,wasn't it our dear saviour who fell three times on the way to calvary?
lukedaniel
Hmm..maybe he just wants to re-live his second childhood as they say. coloring his hair, throwing on his Harley-Davidson jacket, and traveling the roads on his motorcycle. ............ GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING,...HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY...LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE AND WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY!
CatholicFirefighter
Mike C., I couldn't agree with you more. 👏
The fact is, no one really knows anything substantial and everything that has been reported on him to date (good or bad) is pretty much hearsay.
Let us then avoid shades of "gossip" until something can be absolutely proven, one way or another.
PEACEMore
Mike C., I couldn't agree with you more. 👏

The fact is, no one really knows anything substantial and everything that has been reported on him to date (good or bad) is pretty much hearsay.

Let us then avoid shades of "gossip" until something can be absolutely proven, one way or another.

PEACE
Mike MC
Ok because he is not wearing his clerics, rides a motorcycle, and is not seen at any parish you imply what?
He is a priest he can celebrate Mass in the privacy of his home. Pray the Liturgy of the Hours in his home. As he did when he was actively preaching. When he was preaching he did not belong to any parish.
Lets keep him and ALL our priests in our prayers.
Peace of Christ
MCMore
Ok because he is not wearing his clerics, rides a motorcycle, and is not seen at any parish you imply what?

He is a priest he can celebrate Mass in the privacy of his home. Pray the Liturgy of the Hours in his home. As he did when he was actively preaching. When he was preaching he did not belong to any parish.

Lets keep him and ALL our priests in our prayers.

Peace of Christ

MC
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A Comment from the author of the above post:
I think I made clear that what I presented was anecdotal. Take it for what you will.
Please don’t jump to conclusions. I spent a great deal of time defending Fr. Corapi on this blog. But the truth remains the truth. He has abandoned the priesthood. The person I got the revelations from is a very holy and traditional priest from Montana. He is in the same …More
A Comment from the author of the above post:

I think I made clear that what I presented was anecdotal. Take it for what you will.

Please don’t jump to conclusions. I spent a great deal of time defending Fr. Corapi on this blog. But the truth remains the truth. He has abandoned the priesthood. The person I got the revelations from is a very holy and traditional priest from Montana. He is in the same area as Fr. Corapi.

Search Corapi on this blog and I think you’ll find that I was a very big supporter of his, but facts remain facts, and he fell into some very bad things, from all apparent evidence. Even if all the allegations against him were false, his leaving the priesthood was a fall and a scandal, especially given the stirring call to repent he just gave above!

Fr. Corapi may have done a great deal of good. I hope he did. He certainly said things that many pious souls wanted to hear. I wanted to hear it.

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