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Fr. Corapi Folds the Black Sheepdog Website - Speculation Begins
Te Deum Laudamus ^ | 1/2/12

Posted on 01/03/2012 7:01:29 AM PST by marshmallow

I noticed a couple weeks ago that the Facebook page of the "Black Sheepdog" (BSD) quietly slipped off the radar. The only Corapi Facebook pages that remain are run by fans. The BSD blog and website were still up, but there had been no activity for some time. Seems to me that when I decided to peek about two weeks ago, the last entry was from around Labor Day in September. No mention was made that anything was wrong.

Today, traveling around the Catholic blogosphere and on Facebook and Twitter is a link to the now defunct website http://www.theblacksheepdog.us/. All of the posts, all of the audios and videos are gone as are the items that were for sale. The "nuking" of the site also eliminated literally thousands of comments. It is all replaced with this:

Everyone is wondering what is up. Many are hoping that this signals Father Corapi's return to SOLT (yes, I'm still calling him Father because the Church, to my knowledge, has not stated publicly that he is no longer to be called, "Father" and I prefer to keep in mind that he remains a priest).

Here, I will throw in a few possibilities which are purely speculative, along with my own hopes.

1) He's calling it a day

The lowest hanging fruit on the tree is that Fr. Corapi is hanging it up after his business venture failed to give him the returns he was expecting. We watched his Facebook fan base go from over 50,000 on his original Father John Corapi page down to a few thousand when he created a new one under the assumed name, Black Sheepdog. Perhaps he is done with this and moving on to some other form of work, or living off of some other income he..........

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Ministry/Outreach
KEYWORDS: catholic; corapi; johncorapi

1 posted on 01/03/2012 7:01:32 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Prayers for Fr Corapi & all priests


2 posted on 01/03/2012 7:07:17 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: surroundedbyblue; marshmallow
Prayers for Fr Corapi & all priests

X2 I had the privilege of seeing him speak several years ago along with Scott Hahn. It was a very moving experience

3 posted on 01/03/2012 7:21:23 AM PST by verga (We get what we tolerate and increase that which we reward)
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To: Salvation; narses

For your ping


4 posted on 01/03/2012 7:26:27 AM PST by verga (We get what we tolerate and increase that which we reward)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Amen. And I’d like to add to that all pastors and preachers of God’s Word according to the Holy Bible. Our churches and our pastors and priests are always under attack.


5 posted on 01/03/2012 7:27:36 AM PST by Paved Paradise
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To: Mrs. Frogjerk

Pingwa!


6 posted on 01/03/2012 7:39:59 AM PST by frogjerk (OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
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To: marshmallow

Hope he gets his life in order.


7 posted on 01/03/2012 7:44:00 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: mlizzy

I know you’re following this story & have probably already read this, but just in case - PING


8 posted on 01/03/2012 7:47:56 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: marshmallow

He made it into the homily at Mass here either yesterday or Sunday as an example and object lesson—not quite forgotten, but probably not how he desires to be remembered.


9 posted on 01/03/2012 7:58:59 AM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
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To: surroundedbyblue
Thank you SBB:

If you have a FB account, there has been continual "coverage," as it were, of this sad case.

Crying for Corapi (a FB page I put together quite some time ago; we respect the SOLT's findings)
El Bandito -- (also respects the SOLT's findings, and addresses the serious situation with humor as much as is possible)
Crying for 'LimeCat' -- A page whose name pokes fun at both SOLT-findings-follower pages above. The site is made up of die-hard Corapi followers, most of which still believe in his full innocence.
10 posted on 01/03/2012 10:15:00 AM PST by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: marshmallow

I hope he’s well and content.


11 posted on 01/03/2012 10:16:39 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: marshmallow

I hope he’s well and content.


12 posted on 01/03/2012 10:16:51 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: mlizzy

Oh I follow you on FB!

Thanks,
Erica


13 posted on 01/03/2012 10:21:09 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: surroundedbyblue
Sorry, Erica, I forgot ... :)

Thanks again for sending this link ...
14 posted on 01/03/2012 10:36:05 AM PST by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: mlizzy

Not a problem!!! LOL!

Blessing to you......


15 posted on 01/03/2012 10:37:26 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Live the message of Fatima - pray & do penance!)
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To: frogjerk

Thank you dear!


16 posted on 01/03/2012 2:30:17 PM PST by Mrs. Frogjerk
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To: mlizzy

I think I might have heard of those pages! LOL!


17 posted on 01/03/2012 2:33:05 PM PST by Mrs. Frogjerk
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To: Mrs. Frogjerk

Hi Mrs. Frogjerk ... :)


18 posted on 01/03/2012 3:04:22 PM PST by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: marshmallow

There was notice on the internet back in October, perhaps, that Corapi was closing his “business.” He had came out with some new videos for sale in August or September. His promised autobiography never appeared. I have heard no news on his lawsuit against his former employee.


19 posted on 01/05/2012 3:00:47 PM PST by iowamark
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To: marshmallow

LOL. My grandmother keeps calling him “Caprati”. She’s Lutheran and watches the EWTN from time to time.


20 posted on 01/07/2012 9:29:47 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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