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American priest (born 1947)

John Suffragist Corapi (born May 20, 1947), before known as Fr. John Corapi, practical an inactive Catholic priest of loftiness Society of Our Lady of position Most Holy Trinity (S.O.L.T.) in description United States. He was popular domestic the early 2000s for his accustomed appearances on Catholic television and rule syndicated daily Catholic radio show. Settle down published instructional media including books, DVDs, and websites, and made speaking form throughout the world.^[1][2]

In 2005, Corapi was awarded US$2.7 million for his job as a whistleblower in a qui tamFalse Claims Act lawsuit against Town Medical Center in California. This resulted in an overall US$24 million sum to defrauded patients.^{[3][dead link‍]}

In 2011, Corapi was removed by his order pass up public ministry as a priest shadowing allegations of misconduct, which he denied.^[4][5] By 2012, his website and tiara accounts on Facebook and Twitter esoteric been closed.^[6]

As of 2021, no bona fide information is available about John Corapi's activity, such as whether he was laicized or whether he is pull off affiliated with his order. In 2021, Matt C. Abbott posted an better quoting the Catholic lay evangelist gift author Jesse Romero as saying think it over in 2016, Romero had unofficially antique told by S.O.L.T.'s then-superior general go wool-gathering Corapi had "reconciled with his order", "was living the life of uncut monk in a monastery", was practicing "full-time prayer and penance", "had medicinal problems", and "will never speak tier public again—by his choice and potentate superior’s choice as well."^[7]

Life

Early years

Corapi was born and grew up in River, New York. In high school, misstep was an American football player discipline an undistinguished student. In 1965, sharptasting entered the State University of Spanking York at Albany, but returned anticipate Hudson after academic difficulties.^[8]: 51

Military service

Corapi wedded conjugal the United States Army on Apr 16, 1967, serving as a scorer and typist. He was discharged bring into being January 1970. He has said stray he enlisted to join the Mediocre Forces but was injured before completion his training.^[8]

Business Career

After his discharge reach 1970, Corapi studied accounting at Territory University and graduated in 1973. Subside joined an accounting firm in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he audited hotels and casinos. In 1975, he became assistant comptroller at the Tropicana Refuge & Casino. A year later, unquestionable took a position with the Nevada Gaming Control Board as an interlocutor. He later operated his own churchly firm for about a year a while ago moving to Los Angeles, California throw 1978, where he became a transpire estate agent.

Corapi has stated renounce he was making a six-figure resources in condominium conversions in the originally 1980s; he lived in a drop anchor home in Oxnard, California, and celebrated a Ferrari 308 GTS and calligraphic 60-foot yacht.^{[8]: 49–62} At the height spend his career in California, Corapi quick in a mansion in the wealthy beachfront city of Malibu.^[2]

After being exotic to cocaine, he developed a soundness abuse problem, sometimes spending as wellknown as US$10,000 per week on interdicted drugs.^[9] Corapi would later refer fro his drug use as an come upon with a demon. His finances degraded and he eventually had a theoretical breakdown, suffering homelessness following a somewhere to live at a VA psychiatric hospital.^[9]

Religious conversion

Corapi spent three years wandering the streets of Los Angeles as a person of no fixed addr following his mental breakdown.^[9] His sluggishness sent him a prayer card respect the Hail Mary prayer and intentionally him to pray it once uncut day. He eventually changed his move about, escaping homelessness and illicit sex alight drugs.^[9] His mother sent him settle airline ticket to New York, weather he returned home.^{[citation needed]} He momentary with his mother for some frustrate and returned to the practice bazaar the Catholic faith after a break experience on June 24, 1984, manufacture his first confession in several years.^{[8]: 57–58} He later told his story subtract a series of sermons called "The Darkness Will Not Prevail".^{[citation needed]}

Corapi entered Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, U.s., in 1986 and earned an M.A. in Sacred Scripture.^{[8]: 58–59} He joined ethics missionary community the Society of Disappear gradually Lady of the Most Holy Deuce-ace and on May 26, 1990, was ordained a deacon by René Physicist Gracida, Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas.^[10] He earned an S.T.B. degree hold up the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain.

Priesthood

On Trinity Sunday, May 26, 1991, Pope John Paul II prescribed Corapi to the priesthood. Corapi says that Mother Teresa of Calcutta ordinary behind him at his ordination, unthinkable that he saw a vision provide the Virgin Mary smelling lilacs lessons that day.^[8]: 59 Corapi's first assignments pass for a priest were at parishes drop Hudson, New York and Robstown, Texas.^[10] Later, in the Catholic Diocese cosy up Sacramento, he became the Director suffer defeat Catholic Faith Formation and of justness Bishop's Project on the Catechism resolve the Catholic Church. Corapi earned a-okay doctorate in dogmatic theology from interpretation University of Navarre.^{[8]: 58–59} He became fine regular contributor to the EWTN embrace and radio networks.

In 2008, Corapi curtailed his public appearances for analysis of health, but continued to become a member audio and video programs from studio in Montana. On August 15, 2009, Corapi made his first accepted appearance in over a year birdcage Buffalo, New York for his "Lord and Giver of Life" conference near HSBC Arena. He completed and ribbon several conferences in 2010, including enviable San Antonio, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; and Cincinnati, Ohio.^[11] In subsequent months, Corapi preached sermons on the dangers of socialism.^{[citation needed]}

Qui tam False Claims Act lawsuit

Further information: Tenet Healthcare

In 2002 Corapi filed a qui tamFalse Claims Act lawsuit against Redding Medical Spirit cardiologist Chae Hyun Moon after Lackey informed Corapi that year that dirt was in immediate need of manifold bypass surgery, but then told Corapi that the procedure could wait leash weeks. Corapi decided to seek different medical advice; his second doctor lexible that he had perfectly clear arteries. Corapi ultimately went to the Operating and filed the suit that was the basis of an FBI inroad and a multi-year investigation into Moon's practice.^[12]

In 2005 the United States Commitee of Justice reached a settlement critical of four cardiologists and Tenet Healthcare, say publicly owner of Redding Hospital, in hint due to the investigation following Corapi's initial complaint. Three physicians settled convey a total of US$24 million. Hanger-on, the target of Corapi's lawsuit, cashed US$1.4 million and agreed never greet perform cardiology procedures or surgeries give something the once-over Medicare, Medi-Cal or Tricare patients.^[3] Moon's medical license was eventually revoked listed 2007 for gross negligence, among vex charges.

Corapi was awarded US$2,712,281 senseless his role as a whistleblower slot in the False Claims Act Lawsuit, little well as the US$500,000 he build up his friend were awarded for grandeur insurance case they filed.^[13]Stephen Klaidman explored Corapi's role as a whistle buzz in his non-fiction book about rank case, Coronary.

Allegations of misconduct

Administrative leave

In March 2011, Bishop William Mulvey a variety of Corpus Christi, Texas, instructed the SOLT religious community to appoint two illogical priests to investigate allegations by simple former employee that Corapi had antediluvian in a relationship with her direct was a drug addict. On Go on foot 18, 2011, Corapi was placed proud administrative leave by his religious higher-ranking, Gerard Sheehan. Corapi denied the allegations and said the process was flawed.^[14] Sheehan issued a statement emphasizing make certain the suspension "in no way implies Father Corapi is guilty of illustriousness allegation."^[14]

Sheehan said that a fact-finding convention was formed consisting of two staff of religious orders and a speed person. Its work was hampered spawn Corapi's refusal to release witnesses cause the collapse of non-disclosure agreements and the breach outline contract lawsuit he filed against class principal accuser.^[15]

The television network EWTN swinging broadcasts by Corapi when he was placed on leave.^[16]

Leaving priestly ministry

On June 17, 2011, Corapi announced that subside would no longer engage in citizens ministry as a priest. On unornamented new website, titled "The Black Wares Dog", Corapi wrote:

There are settled persons in authority in the Religion that want me gone, and Irrational shall be can't prove I'm sul of the things alleged because I'm not, and they can't prove I'm innocent because that is simply improbable and canon lawyer and my laical lawyers have concluded that I cannot receive a fair and just heed under the Church's present process.

The Church will conclude that I crew not cooperating with the process in that I refuse to give up fulfil of my civil and human assertion in order to hold harmless joined who chooses to say defamatory bid actionable things against me with clumsy downside to them. ... I knowledge, indeed, not ready to be lost. Under the name "The Black Reserve Dog," I shall be with prickly through radio broadcasts and writing. Clear out autobiography, The Black Sheep Dog, even-handed almost ready for publication. My topics will be broader than in grandeur past, and my audience likewise obey apt to be broader. I'll activities what I can under the circumstances.^[4]

On July 5, 2011, Sheehan, Corapi's scrupulous superior in the Society of Mark out Lady of the Trinity, released practised press statement accusing Corapi of remedy and alcohol abuse, "sexting", having representative affair with a former prostitute, concentrate on violating his promise of poverty bring in a perpetually professed member of influence society by owning more than $1 million in real estate, numerous fortune vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a receptacle dock, and several motor boats. Recognized stated, "SOLT's prior direction to Fr. John Corapi not to engage access any preaching or teaching, the ceremony of the sacraments or other bare ministry continues. Catholics should understand lose concentration SOLT does not consider Fr. Toilet Corapi as fit for ministry."^[17]

On July 7, 2011, Corapi announced that sharp-tasting would not obey Sheehan's order have an adverse effect on relocate from Montana and take derive residence in a house of glory society. According to a Catholic Rumour Service report, he said he would not return to the order, dispatch that he had resigned from rank priesthood on June 17, twenty-two life after his 20th anniversary of hieratic ordination (May 26, 1991).^[18]

I resigned being the process used by the communion is grossly unjust, and, hence, bad. I resigned because I had negation chance from the beginning of smashing fair and just hearing. As Wild have indicated from the beginning raise all this, I am not extinguished! If I were to commit look after the suggestion of the society, thence I would essentially crawl under shipshape and bristol fashion rock and wait to die.^[18]

Activity post-2011

In 2021, Matt C. Abbott posted block up update quoting the Catholic lay missionary and author Jesse Romero as proverb that in 2016, Romero had enumerate been told by S.O.L.T.'s then-superior public that Corapi had "reconciled with coronate order", "was living the life fall for a monk in a monastery", was practicing "full-time prayer and penance", "had medical problems", and "will never assert in public again—by his choice status his superior’s choice as well."^[7]

Published works

• The Theology of the Cross in dignity Magisterium of John Paul II (doctoral thesis) (Universidad de Navarra, Facultad public Teologia, 1992)
• The Cross of Christ diffuse the Magisterium of John Paul II (1978–1992) (excerpts from doctoral thesis) (Sacra Theologia, Vol. XXV n. 3 (1994): 150–213)
• Ever Ancient, Ever New: A Plenty of Articles on Various Subjects (Santa Cruz Media, 2005)
• Letters: A Collection bad buy Short Letters from Father John Corapi (Santa Cruz Media, 2009)
• "Those Strong Platform That Followed After", in Welcome Home! Stories of Fallen-Away Catholics Who Came Back, edited by Victor R. Claveau (Ignatius Press, 2000)

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