My church is full of ex catholics.
What’s amazing is that the guys are guy guys. Part of it is that the pastor of my church is a man’s man. So he attracts men.
Why did these men fall away however, from the catholic church. My WAG is that they were afraid of exposing their children to Catholic priests. The catholic church has experienced way too much bad publicity in the last two decades.
The same problem inheres to the liberal protestant churches. But everyone knows which protestant churches are liberal. So its easy enough to stay away from them. And indeed they are losing numbers steadily.
Its may be tougher to sort out which catholic churches are conservative and which are liberal. So rather than live with doubt, the guys just leave the catholic church.
You have reminded me of an altar call specifically for men that I experienced at my church a few years ago. The men were pouring toward the altar in droves and with great force before the pastor had even finished his call. What a sight to see.