[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.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I am not Catholic, but somehow I was under the impression that Catholic priets took vows of poverty as a routine matter.

Some orders do, but diocesan parish priests don't.

[balch3]

I’m not Catholic either, but my understanding is it depends on which order they belong to. Some take vows of poverty, some don’t.

[Campion]

Diocesan priests don’t, but Fr. Corapi is a member of an order called the Society of Our Lady of the Trinity. I don’t know what their rules are in regard to poverty.

[RitaOK]

....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.”===

There is no sign that Father Corapi lives the $2 million dollar lifestyle. He is no shrinking violet nor a stranger to big money before he became a priest having been a success in Hollywood real estate. He left wealth, fame and fortune, wine, women and drink many moons ago and I have no reason to think he has a new attraction to decadence and money now. He is an infamous convert to devotion to Christ and the Church, given his background and fascinating testimony available at any Catholic bookstore.

Father Corapi fills a certain absence of masculinity in the Church today, with force and certitude and passion in his lectures and homilies, and has more than a few critics who prefer nuance to his blunt style. It is rare that a priest will so emphatically deny absolutely that the charges are untrue if he is guilty. He was Special Forces for real and will not shrink from fighting back.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Fr. Corapi is a member of the religious order The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) 

The SOLT priests take a vow of poverty. I assume it went to SOLT.

[afraidfortherepublic]

...somehow I was under the impression that Catholic priets took vows of poverty as a routine matter

Wrong. Some "Order" priests do, but Dioscesan priests can inherit and own property just like anybody else. A Dioscesan priest is linked to a particular Diocese, or part of the country, (although they can be "loaned").

Order priests are tied to an "Order" such as the Jesuits, Franciscans, Marists, etc. and they serve in areas, or functions, that the Order deems necessary. Sometimes they are Missionaries; sometimes they are teachers.