Why does it seem that there are always those who think that if people just tried enough, sacrificed enough, were devotional enough, respected the clergy enough,  obsessed about "the rules" enough, there wouldn't be any problems? Jesus kept calling people to warmth, to forgiveness, to faith, to acceptance, to love, and kept chiding the Pharisees, Saducees, scribes etc. for being too controlling, for not helping, for being demanding, for not showing love but rather hypocrisy...and 2000 years later,  far too many Catholics either live in fear, or drop the fear/control factor and walk away, never knowing the love, joy, peace, patience and forgiveness which is how our indwelling Trinitarian God is there for us if we could drop the fear/control factor.  God loves us...even when we're what an amazing priest in my parish who just celebrated his 55th anniversary of ordination yesterday calls "stupid-ass-sheep"; God is Love and Light, and far too many Catholics have been left behind in the dark.