Fr. Corapi Folds the Black Sheepdog Website - Speculation Begins

Te Deum Laudamus ^ | 1/2/12

[marshmallow]

I noticed a couple weeks ago that the Facebook page of the "Black Sheepdog" (BSD) quietly slipped off the radar. The only Corapi Facebook pages that remain are run by fans. The BSD blog and website were still up, but there had been no activity for some time. Seems to me that when I decided to peek about two weeks ago, the last entry was from around Labor Day in September. No mention was made that anything was wrong.

Today, traveling around the Catholic blogosphere and on Facebook and Twitter is a link to the now defunct website http://www.theblacksheepdog.us/. All of the posts, all of the audios and videos are gone as are the items that were for sale. The "nuking" of the site also eliminated literally thousands of comments. It is all replaced with this:

Everyone is wondering what is up. Many are hoping that this signals Father Corapi's return to SOLT (yes, I'm still calling him Father because the Church, to my knowledge, has not stated publicly that he is no longer to be called, "Father" and I prefer to keep in mind that he remains a priest).

Here, I will throw in a few possibilities which are purely speculative, along with my own hopes.

1) He's calling it a day

The lowest hanging fruit on the tree is that Fr. Corapi is hanging it up after his business venture failed to give him the returns he was expecting. We watched his Facebook fan base go from over 50,000 on his original Father John Corapi page down to a few thousand when he created a new one under the assumed name, Black Sheepdog. Perhaps he is done with this and moving on to some other form of work, or living off of some other income he..........

[surroundedbyblue]

Prayers for Fr Corapi & all priests

[verga]

Prayers for Fr Corapi & all priests

X2 I had the privilege of seeing him speak several years ago along with Scott Hahn. It was a very moving experience

[verga]

For your ping

[Paved Paradise]

Amen. And I’d like to add to that all pastors and preachers of God’s Word according to the Holy Bible. Our churches and our pastors and priests are always under attack.

[frogjerk]

Pingwa!

[redgolum]

Hope he gets his life in order.

[surroundedbyblue]

I know you’re following this story & have probably already read this, but just in case - PING

[Hieronymus]

He made it into the homily at Mass here either yesterday or Sunday as an example and object lesson—not quite forgotten, but probably not how he desires to be remembered.

[mlizzy]

Thank you SBB:

If you have a FB account, there has been continual "coverage," as it were, of this sad case.

Crying for Corapi (a FB page I put together quite some time ago; we respect the SOLT's findings)
El Bandito -- (also respects the SOLT's findings, and addresses the serious situation with humor as much as is possible)
Crying for 'LimeCat' -- A page whose name pokes fun at both SOLT-findings-follower pages above. The site is made up of die-hard Corapi followers, most of which still believe in his full innocence.

[cloudmountain]

I hope he’s well and content.

[cloudmountain]

I hope he’s well and content.

[surroundedbyblue]

Oh I follow you on FB!

Thanks,
Erica

[mlizzy]

Sorry, Erica, I forgot ... :)

Thanks again for sending this link ...

[surroundedbyblue]

Not a problem!!! LOL!

Blessing to you......

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

Thank you dear!

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

I think I might have heard of those pages! LOL!

[mlizzy]

Hi Mrs. Frogjerk ... :)

[iowamark]

There was notice on the internet back in October, perhaps, that Corapi was closing his “business.” He had came out with some new videos for sale in August or September. His promised autobiography never appeared. I have heard no news on his lawsuit against his former employee.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

LOL. My grandmother keeps calling him “Caprati”. She’s Lutheran and watches the EWTN from time to time.