Where is fr. corapi

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Lilllabettt Posted June 1. Posted June 1. Makarioi Posted June 1. This is wonderful news! BarbaraTherese Posted June 4. Posted June 4. Father Corapi said he would not return to the order because he resigned from the priesthood June 17, two days short of the 20th anniversary of his ordination. As I have indicated from the beginning of all this, I am not extinguished! Father Gerard Sheehan, regional priest servant of the congregation, also known as SOLT, said in its press release that Father Corapi was ordered to live at the society's regional headquarters in Robstown, Texas, and to dismiss a civil suit he filed against the former employee for breach of contract.

The suit said both parties signed a separation agreement that required Sexton not to "interfere with, disparage or otherwise cast a negative light on Santa Cruz or John Corapi or their activities. Other key witnesses from Santa Cruz Media who "may have negotiated contracts Father Corapi did not address the lawsuit in his posting, but denied offering to pay "anybody off to remain silent.

CNS also made several calls to Sexton but none were returned. He also said he declined to participate in the SOLT investigation on the advice of his attorneys "until I was able to determine that the commission's process was fair and I had adequate rights to defend myself.

Father Corapi charged that the order's fact-finding team failed to answer questions he posed "that certainly qualify the validity of any legal case. The blog posting also said that when Father Corapi established his preaching ministry, Father Flanagan, SOLT's founder, cited the "unique nature" of his preaching mission, which involved widespread travel to address audiences around the country, as the reason the congregation could not support him financially.

He never did that. Send your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. Learn more here. Constitution and Canon Law, it is also what Catholics expect of him. But if Father Corapi is barred from presenting himself publicly as a priest, then he is effectively barred from presenting himself publicly at all. Does anyone really expect him to treat the accusations against him as unconnected to the fact that he is a priest? It is, today, his very priesthood that makes him and all priests vulnerable to false accusations.

Being forced to pretend otherwise is to be effectively silenced. They point out that Father Corapi has remained silent since his initial statement, and there is a growing, uneasy feeling that his silence itself gives credence to the claims against him. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but administrative leave requires Father Corapi to be more like a sitting duck than a rolling stone.

He has a moral obligation to the truth. So do I. The truth really will set us free, but you have no idea how precious freedom is until someone takes it away from you with a lie.

To serve a lie is to serve the master of all lies. Ironically, Father Corapi was accused in the very week that the Register series ran its second part. Steier published at The Media Report. Former DA Steier concluded that ONE-HALF of claims against priests are either entirely false or so greatly exaggerated and distorted that the truth would not support a sustainable claim of abuse.

On the case of Father Corapi, however, I disagree with Ryan. He pointed out the rampant unfairness of priests like myself defending against allegations that are decades-old in a Church that now presumes their guilt. He held the Father Corapi case out as something more hopeful:.

I admire Ryan for his hopefulness for a just and happy resolution, but it is just not that simple. By being placed on administrative leave, and barred from presenting himself as a priest, Father Corapi is prevented from participating in his own defense in public.

This fact causes too many people to interpret silence as guilt. It is sad, but true, and will only worsen over time. Catholics concerned for the plight of Father John Corapi should have a look at an important essay in this debate. The priesthood scandal emerged out of Boston just weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, Bishops have not been immune to the reactionary hard line on a national scale that has prevailed ever since.