The first and most obvious clue to the confused thinking of this ex priest is that he says Catholics “pray” to the saints and the Blessed Virgin. We do NOT! We ask for their intercession with Jesus. Why else would the Hail Mary (included fifty-three times in the rosary) always end with, “Holy Mary, Mother of God, PRAY for us now and at the hour of our death.”?
Well I would think after years as A Priest and under the authority of the Pope He certainly would now the truth or falsehood of how the church views Mary and the Saints.... further you may not pray to them but I assure you there are many who do so. Besides enough threads have pointed to the truth there is only ONE mediator between God and man and that is Christ Jesus. End of that story.
What's football got to do with it?