“Why doesn’t Father Corapi remain obedient to the Church and her processes, rather than publicly attack them and launch his new commercial venture?”
He may be innocent or he may be guilty - no way of knowing. But if his description of this “process” is accurate, it seems unfair, arbitrary and skewed in favor of accusers. And if it is systemic, perhaps in bringing this to light he’s performing a service to the Church and his fellow priests.
“I am troubled by the choices he has made”
Yes, it’s disheartening.
The late Father Neuhaus did not say it loud but he said it clear: since Dallas the bishops have been trying to deflect all blame onto the priests. It has become increasingly clear that over the past forty years, the Church has suffered a catastrophe, and the worst is the undermining of trust in the clergy. The episcopacy is essential to the Constitution of the Church, centering as it does on the Eucharist. Our enemies outside know that the weakness of the Church in the world is the human weakness of our clergy. Which is why they hammer on it, tryingto break the Chain.