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Many of the former RCC members of the LDS are in or from Latin America. As the RCC keeps "protestantizing" both it's architecture and liturgy, those looking for discipline and teaching are drawn to those elements of the LDS.

They are disciplined, they do teach (albeit not RCC dogma) and they have the appearance of being "more Christian" than the feminized, protestantized RCC. In the LDS homes I've been in you find the iconography and statuary and passle of kids that once typified the RCC home. In the RCC home you find the big screen TV and the 1.8 children per family that typified the protestant homes of the 50's and 60's.

Remember, in Latin America and to Latin Americans, FAMILY and CHURCH are tightly linked. As the RCC has morphed into a feminized (and homosexualized) organization, the Latin American's saw the LDS as a bulwark against the destruction of their family and culture. Our Lady of Guadalupe is again bound in tears.

The exception are those orders (in particular the Legionairres of Christ) that have maintained a strong, traditional appearance. They seem to have the same growth patterns in Latin America as the LDS.