You are completely wrong. I left the religious life because I could not see myself spending the rest of my life under a vow of obedience regardless of whether God was calling me or not. Rather similar to the rich man in the Gospel whom Our Lord invited to give all he had to the poor and to follow Him. The rich man declined the invitation and I 'failed' to accept it as well.
The common thread running through the comments of progressives here is a total rejection of authority. Initially I, too, rebelled against authority. Unlike you, I speak from my experience not conjecture. I do not psycho-analyse David Gibson, I form my opinion of him from what he writes. I could give you a list of ex-religious and former priests who harbour and publish the same resentment towards the Catholic Church as Gibson.
I don't need a hug thank-you, I am not in purgatory over it, I don't need to deceive myself, I was just stating a fact.