“Oh, now, not all of them. We’ve debated this matter in the past. And, those Protestant churches that did devolve to persecuting their fellow brothers and sisters had adopted the old State Church attitude of the Roman Catholics. It’s the bane of Christians wherever it occurs.”
Anglicans persecuted Presbyterians (Puritans).
Puritans in turn persecuted Anglicans and others when they ruled England.
Puritans also persecuted others in America.
http://www.bostontourguide.org/myth-puritans-believed-in-religious-freedom/
Thus, what you said has been shown to be untrue.
Catholics gravely persecuted Hussites who became Moravians, drove them underground, eventually to Rotterdam and to Philadelphia, where they disembarked and settled first in Berks County, PA then walking to North Carolina where they established their Southern Province. These are my mother’s people.
Your history is deficient. I suggest reading something other than the Catholic Encyclopedia, which is very evidently self-serving. Priests must have written it.