I think my church's inadequate appreciation of women and lack of understanding of healthy sexuality are  major contributors to the current problem.  Clericalism is the other component.  Put them together and we have the present Catholic church crisis with millions of educated people leaving the church.  I believe this will continue as I don't foresee any of this changing.  It's probably too late for the Catholic church to be taken seriously by those who are young and educated.

For too long the church has violated common sense and justice by refusing to grant equal status to women.  For too long the church has arrogantly denied modern understanding of human sexuality and reproduction.  For too long the church has accepted the evil concept of clericalism with its unfounded belief that bishops and priests are superior to the laity and therefore deserve to control the church.  I'd love to be more hopeful, but I've lived too long and seen too much.