How about evil men and evil demons. What makes you think that the Faith is being properly taught in 'Catholic' schools, CCD programs, and RCIA classes. In many cases it is not being taught at all. I've seen this fraud up close and personal. What is being taught, in many cases, is the acceptance and tolerance of evil in the name of 'diversity', and a theory of 'salvation' that is hardly distinguishable from Pelagianism. It is being taught by people who call themselves Catholic, but do not believe what the Catholic Church teaches and has taught for 2000 years. It is being taught by people whose expressed intention is to destroy the Church. Read Ungodly Rage for an interesting, look at these people.
AB
Chalking it off to demonic activity might be too simplistic but you have a point. If you have any kind of grounding in solid Christian faith, even non-Catholic, these people are pretty easy to spot.
I was such an arch-conservative that I'm kind of in a transition to a more realistic, possibly liberal view, of some things that have been considered traditional in the church. It came from reading about many of the saints who today would probably be considered suffering from various forms of mental illness. From that I concluded that the oppression of women, living in convents, the times, contributed to pathology. That's not to say that they were not heroic in their suffering, but hardly what a modern person would want to model their spiritual life after.