I DO NOT believe in the Catholic Church as the ONE AND ONLY. I believe in Christ, who died for ALL of our sins. If the Catholic Church DOES NOT believe I am not good enough for "it's" body of Christ, that is NOT my problem but theirs.
Now I will get nasty, on PURPOSE. WTF did these Catholic "churches" do with the pedophile "priests"? They sent them elsewhere just so more children can be molested by them.
Don't get all "Catholic" on me. They protected their own....so the money could continue to keep pouring in. If Jesus were here today the Catholic church would have been treated the same way the Holy Temple was.
Pray for guidance. Look for likeminded believers. Your church can be a meeting in a house. Follow where He leads. As far as a more formal church setting, take a drive out and about, in the country if it’s nearby. Look for those humble but well-loved, smaller churches that shine, that just say “now that’s a nice little church.” There’s a reason, you’ll find. See who they are and what they profess. Make inquiries, pay a visit one Sunday. It’s make a nice outing for a Godly purpose, even if it’s not ultimately “home.”
I have elderly family members, Primitive Baptists, who make a point of getting out to different churches, to hear and appreciate all the ways one can praise God, the different music, the preaching styles, the emphases on different Biblical passages ... they know which are Bible churches and which are not, they’ve been to most all of them, bearing witness if necessary and enjoying the fine fellowship and unique perspective always. Of course, they’re members of old, small country churches that still have circuit preachers, so they have many Sundays free to do this.
Maybe this will sound a little odd, but a good church has a, what, warm glow about it? I sort of alluded to it above. Good luck, and do remember to pray for guidance, to be led to the right person or people to bring you to your new spiritual fellowship, your church.
Sadly, no. Catholics are pretty stingy when it comes to supporting the Parishes. It's an immigrant mentality. Many are descendants of the Irish, Italian, French, and Polish Catholics who worked hard to help build the big old Churches in many urban areas. Those folks didn't have a lot of money, but they donated their hard earned pennies to help the priests get those churches built and the Parishes working. Their descendants still talk poor, while driving new cars and living in big houses, but complain when the Parish asks for their support.
As for the Bishops who protected abusers, I have no use for them, and thankfully, many have retired, and a new crop of younger Bishops, who have not been mau-maued by feminists, have taken over Dioceses all across the country. But one thing to remember, and I am in NO WAY excusing what the Bishops did, many listened to what the secular world was saying, and instead of removing those abusers, sent them to be 'healed' by mental health professionals. This was the common practice in the 70s and 80s, and the people advising the Bishops convinced them that's what they should do, so they could be 'pastoral' to the priests. Frankly, I'd have put the priests UNDER the jail, and happily, the Church has realized her mistake, and is much more stringent these days in who she allows into the priesthood.
Even though the Catholic Church got all the bad press about abuse, there has been abuse in many other churches and religious organization, we just never hear about it.