You are 100% wrong about that.
"And it all began by adopting a low view of the Bible in reaction to Protestantism (something no conservative Catholic will admit)."
You are 100% wrong about that.
You must mean I am 100% wrong that no Catholic will admit that this is true. I am happy to hear it.
You could not possibly mean that I'm wrong about the Catholic Church's irreverent attitude toward the Bible. I'm sure your book shelf is full of Catholic bibles with higher critical commentary.