[rollo tomasi]

What of those who openly practice mortal sins such as adultery, illegal drug use, theft etc. as well as perpetuate laws that allow for murder who continue to receive Communion unabated from the established clergy that latch on to their Pontius Pilate point of view?

I say that particular Church's integritysucks.

The answer should be to tell the wanna be Catholic to contemplate the importance of 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 and quit calling yourself a Catholic until you openly repent.

[Antoninus]

I say that particular Church's integritysucks.

The problem is that the American bishops (not all, but way too many) are in secret schism from Rome. They haven't obeyed clear commands for decades and there's not much the Vatican can do about it except replace the renegade bishops when they turn 75. They're in the process of doing that, but it takes a long time--particularly when the true extent of the problem wasn't fully understood until about 15 years ago.

The evil ones within the American church (or AmChurch as it's called) are wealthy, well-entrenched, and well connected politically.