[marshmallow]

Euteneuer redux........or malicious accusation....??

Sadly, in these troubled times, it's difficult to tell.

[G Larry]

The way Fr. Corapi chose to respond and the timing of his response are the hallmarks of an innocent man.

A beloved local Priest went through this recently and it took 8 months for him to be cleared of any wrongdoing.

I believe the “guilty until proven innocent” approach has the potential to destroy the priesthood.
It is a misguided over reaction to the problem.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sadly, in these troubled times, it's difficult to tell.

Guilt by accusation.

This cuts both ways.

Obama molested me.

[Cicero]

The key phrase seems to be “former employee.”

As you say, this could be either/or. Either a former employee who was mistreated, or a former employee who was fired for cause and is now getting revenge.

He is, however, quite right to criticize the process. The bishops carried the blame for covering up earlier offenses during the bad times in the 60s and 70s. So now they have shifted the blame to priests who are falsely accused—guilty until proven innocent.

[GreyFriar]

Satan going into Lenten & Easter overtime to destroy those who preach the message of Christ.

[flowerplough]

I know a guy who got similar false accusatiom fron a college classmate. He hired a lawyer, asked others to pray for the truth to out, etc. At the quasi-hearing, the colleges’s administrative idiot blew the cahrges off, and near-apologized. “There’s obviously nothing here, it’s just that some people don’t know how to interact and communicate positively.”

[PGR88]

I read that Billy Graham made it a point to never be alone with a woman, including employees. He also made sure that aides were always around when he gave counsel to any of his followers.

It was to prevent exactly this from happening.

[tiki]

We recently put a window in the door to our priest’s office at his request. He says some priests are installing cameras without audio in their offices and in the confessionals.

[Mat_Helm]

Father Corapi is an excellent preacher of the Catholic faith and a very persuasive and effective minister of the faith through his personal testimony and conversion. He is more effective than anyone else in the U.S. Church today and his preaching goes to the heart of our faith and politicians, lazy cardinals and bishops, and other powerful people and mostly satan fear this man.

I presume him to be innocent until shown otherwise. I would suspect that a former employee means she was released and until we know why can assume she has a grudge and is a bad witness for anything. I hope and pray that this is resolved soon and that God's will be done, and that the Church and Father Corapi are made stronger in the end. I have faith and trust in God.

[mlizzy]

Here's an article I enjoyed reading in this regard: Because of the Way This Desert Father Handled a Calumny, by Frank Weathers.