The Catholic Church is not the world representative of actual Christianity, to be clear. I can see why you think it is, however. It is the largest "church" on the planet and wields its excessive resources and wealth to make people believe precisely what you apparently believe: that Catholicism is the world representative of Christianity on the planet.
The truth, however, is that Catholic dogma is not accepted by ANYONE ELSE except Catholics in particular.
As I Christian, I certainly don't accept it and never have. And their proclivity towards sexual exploitation is certainly not endorsed by any brothers or sisters that I know or have ever known.
Satan has, from the beginning, always sought to counterfeit whatever God has put in place. The Catholic "church" is but one real-world example of this concept.
It's kind of like when Mitt Romney pretends to represent Republicans at large, for example.
You're obviously free to believe whatever you wish, but I'm just saying that you need to understand Catholicism does not equal Christianity.
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