It's probably worth adding that some of these "former Catholics" still make false claims about Catholic belief even after having the specific doctrine explained to them numerous times here on FR. I'm not sure of the reason for this.Might I suggest a possible explanation for discussion...
Having something explained numerous times on FR as "Catholic belief" must be weighed against seeing things as they are actually taught by Catholics, priests, bishops, the vatican staff and even the pope.
The impression left by Catholic Freepers is that the pope is only wrong when he disagrees with Catholic FReepers.
"Having something explained numerous times on FR as "Catholic belief" must be weighed against seeing things as they are actually taught..."
I'm talking about belief as taught according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.