Apparently the Black Sheep Wonder Dog is not above using the tools of the World. There is a method to his madness after all. But why do I think that even this will not faze his loyal sheep, who are giving a whole new meaning to the word “undiscerning”?
From the National Catholic Register:
“Father Gerard Sheehan, regional priest-servant of SOLT and Father Corapi’s religious superior in the U.S., confirmed June 19 that the order’s investigation faced complications created by a civil suit filed by Father Corapi against the former employee who had accused him of sexual misconduct.
“When she left the company, she signed a contract that she would not reveal anything that happened to her while she was at Santa Cruz Media. Father Corapi paid her for this. Father was suing her for a breach of contract,” said Father Sheehan, though he did not specify why Father Corapi had initiated the non-disclosure agreement.
The civil suit against the former employee created a problem for SOLT investigators.
“In canon law, there can’t be any pressure on witnesses; they have to be completely free to speak. The investigation was compromised because of the pressure on the witnesses. There were other witnesses that also had signed non-disclosure agreements,” said Father Sheehan.
“The canon lawyers were in a difficult situation, and Father does have his civil rights and he decided to follow his legal counsel, which he had a right to do,” he said. “We tried to continue the investigation without speaking to the principal witnesses.”
The investigation was halted after Father Corapi “sent us a letter resigning from active ministry and religious life. I have written him a letter asking him to confirm that decision. If so, we will help him with this process of leaving religious life,” said Father Sheehan.”
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/father-corapis-bombshell/#ixzz1PmNrdCv0
Very interesting that he is suing the woman for breach of non-disclosure contract instead of for libel.
He certainly has no problem throwing the libel word around, as demonstrated in his Black Sheep Dog you-tube screed.
It seems to me that if the woman made up some cock-and-bull story, it would be a libel issue and not a breach of non-disclosure issue.
And how rich it is that he attacks the hierarchy for the supposed injustice of a lengthy investigation when it was Corapi himself who tied the hands of SOLT and the hierarchy by ensuring through civil means that the witnesses would not be able to speak to the investigators.