And the typical defense is comparing to other apostates as if somehow that makes it less bad. Is it any wonder the current pope seems to be drifting toward inclusion.
Doing so would eliminate a lot of headach’s they're having over these crimes being committed. The church is a Government and like politicians operates the same within it's leadership. When you look at the catholic church as a 'political entity' then many things make sense which would not be so if it were lead by real Christians.
The problem catholics have is they remain convinced the catholic church is really a church.....rather like Islamists think they're ideology is a religion. Both mask the truth by wearing religious garb...and their followers want it that way.