[surroundedbyblue]

Good post, thanks. I read about this awhile back but had forgotten.

[RatRipper]

I am not Catholic, but somehow I was under the impression that Catholic priets took vows of poverty as a routine matter. Apparently I am wrong, or this money would have likely ended up with the church.

[ottbmare]

Very very interesting! This is one case in which blog-pimping is MUCH appreciated, Dr Kopp. What a valuable insight. I will with your consent print your blogpost out and show some friends at my church, who were discussing the case this morning and wondering what was going on.

Satan has certainly been busy this Lent, hasn’t he? Father is going to be getting a lot of prayers on his behalf.

[surroundedbyblue]

Nice blog, Dr. I wasn’t aware that you had one. I will become a regular reader! Thanks!

[mockingbyrd]

Wish I could say this is surprising.

I have no doubt that Fr. Corapi is innocent of the charges against him.

[diamond6]

This is so terribly upsetting... I PRAY he is innocent and will be exonerated.

[topher]

I saw a talk by Father Corapi on EWTN where he was talking about this. He said he had to have the names of various lawyers at the time this was happening. There was also an insurance company that was involved in this fraud (they were having fraudulent medical work done to be able to file medical claims, and get insurance money.)

He said he could not believe that he had to have two or three lawyers phone numbers handy all the time.

This scandal almost caused the collapse of in the price of the stock of the insurance company because of the fraud the insurance company was involved in.

Father Corapi was also hounded by private detectives. He found one such private detective spying on him in his remote place in Montana. He found a way to get the private detective to turn tail and run (he had been black bear hunting, so to get a better view of the private detective he used the scope on the rifle to focus on what the detective.)

For some reason, the private detective's eyes got real big when the scope (with the rifle underneath) was pointed at him.

The private detective was in no danger, clearly, but for some reason, he thought it was. Maybe he was crossing the line in invading someone privacy, and new of the Special Forces background of Father Corapi.

But there is no way Father Corapi would have done anything. Admittedly, Father Corapi might have gotten too much fun out of seeing the private detective panic and run away. But Father Corapi would not have done anything to harm that private detective.

However, if the private detective attempted to harm Father Corapi or his employees, I am certain that Father Corapi would have been able to defend himself or his employees...