I wouldn't bet on that. From what I've seen in the lives of most Catholics, it's all lip service. I never noticed any effort on the part of Catholics to do better. They just figure that they'll take care of it in confession, and hey, if the priest drinks and smokes, they can to, because if the priest can do it and still make it to heaven, God's not going to condemn them either. He expects more out of priests after all, and if they get a pass, everyone else will.
Kind of twisted reasoning, but then again, there never was any success in talking morals and ethical behavior to your average lay Catholic.
Your words attack your favorite straw man: sinners in the midst of sin.
The sins of those in the Church do not define the Church.
What a pitiful sect you belong to hold otherwise.
Agreed. But sadly, much of modern evangelicalism can be characterized this way.