Not sure I understand the question. My point was that the Church used to take care of its own, in all kinds of situations. One who entered into the priesthood for the most part removed himself from the purview of the state. The Church would educate, clothe, feed, etc. you and you would obey and serve. And if there was misconduct, the Church had ways of handling that as well.
Obviously, the Church failed to live up to its side of this unwritten contract.
SD