And our church is full of former Catholics. Guess it flows both ways.
Yes it does flow both ways. Occasionally a Protestant conversion story is posted here and they tend to be vehemently anti-Catholic in tone. I attribute that to their losing the belief in the Real Presence.
Another common reason Catholics leave the church is the divorce/re-marriage issue. The Catholic position on this is very clear. Protestant Churches don’t seem to have a problem with this. That should cause you some concern that the clear message of the gospel is being compromised in order to attract new members.
I'm not surprised - but - how many of them are former priests and religious? Each year, there are hundreds of former Protestant ministers that convert; some even bring in their parishioners.
Canned response: “Our defectors are less defective than your defectors.” :-)
I know more Catholics that have left the denomination for another Protestant that the reverse, but I live in the south.