The order’s investigative team also found that he “repeatedly abused alcohol and drugs,” “recently engaged in ‘sexting’ activity with one or more women in Montana,” and holds legal title “to over $1 million in real estate, numerous luxury vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a boat dock, and several motor boats.”
Fr. Corapi defended his accumulation of real estate and other luxuries as acceptable because of an arrangement with the founder of the Society, Fr. James Flanagan. When the Society was first launched, Fr. Flanagan had a policy of encouraging each ministry of the order to be self-supporting.
“I have never relied on the Society for shelter, clothing, transportation, medical care, or legal counsel and instead, using my history of success in business, set up my mission as any savvy business man would, meanwhile continuing to support the Society and many other Catholic Charities,” Fr. Corapi said.
The Society also highlighted in its July 5 statement that a fact-finding team created by the order “acquired information from Fr. Corapi’s emails, various witnesses and public sources,” in response to a signed letter from a woman who is well known to him
The letter allegedly details Fr. Corapi's sexual activity with adult “women.” However, Fr. Corapi's July 7 response does not address the accusation of being involved with multiple women and simply states, “I have never had any promiscuous or even inappropriate relations with her. Never.”
As the order sought to carry out its investigation into the allegations against Fr. Corapi in recent months, it said its fact-finding team was hindered by a civil lawsuit the priest had filed and by non-disclosure agreements he had negotiated with his accuser and other witnesses.