text: "At the start of his talk, he cited sobering church statistics about the decreasing number of Catholics today that some delegates heard at some of the breakout sessions. For every Catholic who joins the church, six leave, he said, and also the number of "nones"  those who claim no religious affiliation even if they were Catholic  is growing."
  
  THE REASONS for this, actually, per various surveys of ex-Catholics young & old alike are the following:
  
  Sexism- Refusal to treat women as equals & as sacred as men & ordain them the same.
  Abusive treatment & condescending treatment of all LGBT people.
  Pushing of conservative politics and sexist politics, esp. in regards to birth control.
  Pushing of one party into office-Republican, despite how horrible their candidates.
  Extreme mishandling of priest abuse on children issues.
  Clericalism- You ask us laity what we care about & then block your ears.
  no optional celibacy for priests.
  
  Not really "a culture of meh," answers, if you bother to listen.