You just go right ahead believing that if it makes you feel better. After all if it’s on his website it must be true.
The importance of Corapi to “the Church” and “to the hierarchy” and “the bishops” and “the USCCB” and all these other lofty entities I have now read 100 times on this and other blogs is miniscule. This is a blip in their day. Get it: tiny. This is so nothing. I bet half the USCCB have NEVER HEARD HIS NAME!!! He is not what you think he is.
Corapi is an entertainer using his collar to push forward his wealth-building and “cult” status. This is a very low-level matter in episcopal circles. Of course it’s a crisis for SOLT. But Corapi has always been almost a laughingstock to those on the inside, he’s like a side puppet show, not one of the big boys at all.
The people who are making a huge fuss, and clearly Corapi wants to goad them on with agitation with his constant announcements, YouTubes, etc, are just ordinary people like you who watched him on TV. These were his followers, the rest of the Church barely noticed him. Naturally you would be devastated now because you believed in him. He’s a good con man. But Bishops don’t have time for nonsense like this, much less higher levels.
Who are you and what are your qualifications for knowing what the USCCB and the SOLT thinks about these things? How do you get your “inside” knowledge?
I am still trying to soak everything in get a grasp on the situation. I will tell you right now that I will not continue to follow him if he does indeed leave the priesthood. I cannot. I still love what he has preached, and I will support him. But he has taken an oath with the Church to serve as a priest for life. If he breaks that oath he will give me no choice but to avoid him.
There are a lot of us on here who happen to like him and we are all in a lot of pain over this. You can try to cut us some slack and not rub salt in our wounds.
The more that this plays out, the more disappointed I get.
I don’t consider him a con man in that he has never said or done anything to pull me in the wrong direction in regards to my faith. I went to one conference and bought the Catechism of the Catholic Church. I watched him on EWTN the rest of the time. So to be honest, you didn’t really have to invest any money to hear him preach if you didn’t want to. I don’t feel fleeced if that is what you are insinuating.
If you want, read post 37 and you will see where my mind is headed on this.
I don’t want quarrel with anyone anymore about this. That is the last thing us Catholics need to do.
I will say this, if he is guilty, my heart will be completely broken. I will still care for him because he has helped to inspire me in my faith and bring me closer to the Blessed Mother as well. He is human, and humans always screw up. That’s what we do.