I have no where near the knowledge about him a good many here do and a lot of folks seem to think he has been a great help to Catholics. Were it not for there being so much said in his favor by folks here on FR and who I know locally, I'd be in total agreement with your comment.
The situation reminds me too much of cases I've seen in non-Catholic churches where the leadership would have some sort of spat that would only be described in generalities, but one or more folks would don the cloak of righteousness and leave to start their own church. I wasn't expecting that sort of approach from a priest who others have so much respect for as a Catholic. It's also not like they've had him "on ice" for very long, really. You'd think he would have waited a couple of years at least. So, the "black sheepdog" thing is obviously more important to him than is the priesthood which is another red flag of sorts to me.
From the little I've read of his, he seems to be a very solid Catholic so I'm not really sure what to think at this point. One thing for sure, I can completely understand where you're coming from.
Regards
This is not a Protestant setting and Fr. Corapi indicated no intention to "start his own church". He continues his apostolate, which has always been preaching, as a lay apostolate. God bless him.
Like I said, his situation and attitude is described by one word: ARROGANCE. It’s all about HIM. Well, as far as I’m concerned, I don’t follow humans, I follow Christ, so those who defend him and people like him are misguided and need to focus on the CREATOR, not a creature!!