Catholics read the Bible. I sincerely regret that those you knew when you were Catholic did not or did not instruct you in this way.
I, too, converted to the Catholic Church and my life has been rich in Scripture since that time. I'm able to search it every day--as Salvation's daily Mass Readings indicate--and this I can do practicing lectio divina. In a 4-week cycle I also can pray the 150 Psalms in the Divine Office (now called the Liturgy of the Hours).
There are more of us than it appears who are committed to daily Scripture reading and meditation. Maybe we should be talking about that more.
I understand that you feel that it wasn't there for you in the Catholic Church. But nevertheless, a generalization about Catholics not reading the Bible is not a true picture.
Personal experience doesn't make generalizations into the fullness of truth.
I could say that I left a Protestant church because of this or that reason, but I would much rather say that I first learned some of Bible there, but I found the fullness of faith in the Catholic Church. I never felt it necessary to disparage what I left. It served no good purpose.
That said, my parents refuse to read the Bible. They do not believe it is their place in the Catholic Church.
I left the Catholic Church because it contradicts scripture.
ummmm....(hanging head in shame and staring at the floor)
Could you please tell me what week it is in the Liturgy of the Hours? I kind of fell off the wagon, trying to climb back on, would help if I knew where to start.......
hoping you answer this before I get up tomorrow morning......