Concerned Catholics of Boone County: UPDATE: Priest cancels Rockford, DeKalb stops over allegations

Friday, February 17, 2012

UPDATE: Priest cancels Rockford, DeKalb stops over allegations

The original story was run by the Rockford Register Star back in March 2011; see: http://www.rrstar.com/news/x13296072/Priest-cancels-Rockford-DeKalb-stops-over-allegations
March 23, 2011
The Rev. John Corapi has been placed on administrative leave and has canceled scheduled stops in Rockford and DeKalb following The Rev. John Corapi was suspended from his religious order in March after one of his female employees accused him of sexual abuse. EWTN suspended his programs pending an investigation by his religious superiors.

The Rev. John Corapi was suspended from his religious order in March after one of his female employees accused him of sexual abuse. EWTN suspended his programs pending an investigation by his religious superiors.

allegations of drug use and sexual misconduct.
Corapi, a nationally known Catholic priest, was set to be the only speaker at a Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockford fundraising event Saturday at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. Corapi, 63, also was to be in Rockford on Friday meeting with sponsors of the event.
Corapi, in a three-page letter from a former employee sent to several bishops, was accused of abusing drugs as well as having sexual encounters with multiple women.
Here is the update from this summer.

Popular Catholic Priest John Corapi Calls It Quits, Blasts Church Leaders On His Way Out
he was suspended from his religious order in March after one of his female employees accused him of sexual misconduct. Corapi denied the allegations, but suffered a blow when the Catholic television network that beamed his conservative sermons to millions of viewers also suspended his appearances pending an investigation by his religious superiors. …
Corapi, who railed against liberal movements within the church, gained the empathy of many fans with his unusual conversion story. Once a prominent and wealthy real estate agent in Los Angeles, he saw his riches crumble because of cocaine addiction and ended up homeless for three years before checking into a psychiatric facility. He decided to turn his life around in 1984, later enrolled in seminary and was ordained as a deacon in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1990. He was ordained as a priest a year later by Pope John Paul II.

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Matt C. Abbott
June 19, 2011

By Matt C. Abbott
The man formerly known as Father John Corapi, celebrity Catholic priest, is "not going to be involved in public ministry as a priest any longer" and now wants to be known as John Corapi, "The Black Sheep Dog."

One of Father Corapi’s reactions to his order’s action was a new website—”The Black Sheep Dog”—that is all gone—see: http://douglawrence.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-black-sheep-dog-a-k-a-father-john-corapi-website-is-now-empty-and-dormant/