I think living 73 of my 75 years as a "faithful Catholic," 16 years of absolute Catholic education, a trial as a member of a religious community and 28 years living under draconian marriage laws, plus 35 years of leadership in music, liturgy and homeless service programs qualifies my self-consideration as Catholic.  

That I can no longer support misogyny as a certain principle, condone the lack of accountability by supervisory clerics regarding the global child sexual abuse nightmare, support the exclusion of people born as LGBT, and refuse to live a spiritual life more centered around a 15th century male-dominated theology and institutionalization to the detriment of the Gospel shouldn't DISqualify me.  

It's a matter of conscience.  Those realities I mention are, by any standard, in opposition to Jesus' life and words.  Respectfully, if you don't see these problems as relevant in 2017, maybe you need to look deeper than the Baltimore catechism's rigid definitions.