[Northern Yankee]

To change the subject a bit, have you ever noticed that catholics who are angry at the church almost always seem to be able to trace their anger to a specific incident where the church, or more specifically a priest, failed to sanction their (mis)behavior? It's as if they were saying: "since the church won't agree with my conduct, I'm going to take my marbles and leave."

Without a doubt I have seen that over and over again.

They often want to relate the problems of the church as a whole to a specific priest. Not at all logical, and something they have to work through.

[RKBA Democrat]

Often the priest turns out to have been right.

I remember one former catholic who left the church because of what she characterized as her priests' refusal to conduct her marriage ceremony. She got married anyway, and then divorced some time after.

She was still angry at the priest.

You're right: people can be very illogical.