"Conscience?" One would hope so ; although it could be he was just stuck between a rock and a hard place. Maybe Bishop Jenky caused some sway? :)
Here's a book review of
What Happened to Notre Dame by an alum, Tom O'Toole, '81 (aka Fighting Irish Thomas). Charles Rice wrote and called Tom thanking him for the review...
Link.
Thanks for the link for that book review. It was a good one.
(There were some other interesting things at that "Fighting Irish Thomas" web site you linked to, including the article by Tom on Fr. Corapi. I've been trying to learn what has become of him lately as well, but so far I can't seem to find any really recent updates. I hope that he too turns around his situation, and gets himself back on track as well.)