Depending on the area, that may be true. Hear, in my church, most of the former Catholics fled because of the abuse in the local diocese. On family felt that if the wanted to protect their children, one of which was a victim, the had to go.
One has to wonder what drew all those closet homosexuals to Roman Catholic seminary.
Shock of the decade was hearing my Catholic HS priest principal outed after 15 years of abuse by a local beat reporter. Then the flood gates opened and it was found out the principal used an after school club for students interested in the priesthood to recruit and abuse teen aged boys. It wasn’t until 15 years after the incidents the news broke. The reporter found him not far away in an upscale Long Island parish as pastor. Still administering confession and communion.
The parents of the abused students were outraged, because part of the hush money deal was the priest would be sent to a monastery of some sort and never again to a school or parish.
The big deal was while he was still principal he was arrested trying to proposition a teen at the local public HS one evening. All the police did was return him home and no charges filed. When two students with parents approached the archdiocese they were offered hush money and placement at another Catholic school. The archdiocese did not remove the priest principal and he stayed another few years until more cases were launched against him. A year after he was removed I joined the faculty as an assistant coach since my university was not far away. Everyone was hush hush on what happened to the principal. I was asked to stop asking questions. Got the hint loud and clear.