I would definitely like to see an actual professional poll done on why anyone and everyone "leaves"...do they leave the institution? do they leave the "faith"?  What is it precisely that they're "leaving"...

And I would like to see it cover every age group...I'm definitely a senior-plus and so many of us just got fed up and have left, or just occasionally drop in...none of us, having had Catholic education even through college, never, ever thought we would be in the position of leaving the Catholic church.  Maybe it has left us??

I really would like to see decent research on why golden agers are leaving...becoming a "none" and a "done" is not where we thought we'd be at this age...I think a poll/research would show that we old folk and the young folk are leaving for precisely the same reasons.