People grow, and their views change. I was a protestant and am now a Catholic. I was and am a Christian. Where is the problem?
Me, too. Took my mother a while to get over it ("Thank God your Grandpop is in his grave ..."), but she sure appreciates all the grandchildren now. And I'm very grateful for the formation I had growing up as a Presbyterian, especially all the Bible reading. Many Catholics of my generation apparently didn't have that (and they don't know 4 verses of many great old hymns, either!).
dig deeper.
he was a fraud at one point or another.
I suspect both.
of course, some of the posters in this forum take that as an indictment of their church. it's not. it is an indictment of this creep.
Welcome home!