The Church is one thing - the Pope is another thing.
One can leave the Pope - so to speak - without leaving the Church.
No Pope, no matter how heretical, would make me leave the Sacraments, the Doctrine, the true teachings, on and on.
Did you have any Catholic instruction before you decided to leave ? And what did you *leave* ?!
Good post. I haven’t left either - through think or thin. 8 years of Catholic instruction left a lasting legacy, I guess.