About 27 percent of former Catholics who not establish with a religion cited clergy sexual abuse scandals as a purpose for leaving the church, based on Pew research in 2015. And among former Catholics who now identify as Protestant, 21 p.c say the sexual abuse scandals have been a motive for leaving Catholicism, Pew says. And within the pews of his diocese, some are heartsick to read how the report says he dealt with the abusive priests he supervised. Surveys have rarely requested concerning the Catholic Church’
