Whereas most who read and treasure the King James Bible think the Douay-Rheims is already gathering dust a museum, if they think about it at all.
You wrote:
“Whereas most who read and treasure the King James Bible think the Douay-Rheims is already gathering dust a museum, if they think about it at all.”
1) Since the Protestant Revolution was forced on the entire English-speaking population, it should be no surprise that most English speakers today are Protestants. The DRV is far from “gathering dust [in] a museum” however. It is more popular now then it was 40 years ago. New printings are popping up: http://www.saintbenedictpress.com/Catholic-Classics/Bibles.cfm?ct=1372