Yes, and so did a former "Councellor of the Inquisition" Saying the following:
"... had I never belonged to the Inquisition, I should have gone on, as most Roman Catholics do, without ever questioning the truth of the religion I was brought up in, or thinking of any other -- but the unheard of cruelties of that hellish tribunal shocked me beyond all expression, and rendered me ... one of the most unhappy men on earth ... Inquisitors never tell the names of the informers to the Councellors, nor the names of the witnesses ... For in many instances, they keep up to an appearance of justice and equity, at the same time that, in truth, they act in direct opposition to all the known laws of justice and equity ... the whole is mere sham and imposition." ["A MASTER-KEY TO POPERY", by Anthony Gavin, one of the Roman-Catholic Priests of Saragossa.", Cincinnati: Published by B. Crosby, 1832, p. 249-256]
Spain had a compulsory tax of 10% on all agriculture goods and agricultural assets (including animals) which the state collected for the Roman Catholic Church from every member of the Roman Catholic Church.
This amounted to a huge amount of money the Romans Catholic Church collected from the people via the State.
This is why they fought to keep their subject in the dark , this why they forced conversions as they could only collect it from Catholics. This is why they forced the country to become Catholic.
It was about power and money .
It’s hard for Americans to imagine this because the founders of this country were wise enough to make state sanctioned religion illegal.
In Europe if you belong to a church in many places to this day the states takes a percentage out of your pay check and gives it to that church.