LS98,
I was a Catholic before I entrusted myself to Christ alone for salvation. As a former alter boy, I do know quite a bit firsthand and much more as an adult through studying Church History in seminary.
Catholics cannot think it went off track any more than they can any of the other false teachings. It is all they know and they must agree in this system or leave.
Still, in the end, God commanded believers to confess their sins to one another. To not do so is to ignore His command and miss the blessing of following it.
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Fancy that......