I am anti-Catholic, I was not always anti-Catholic, I am married to an Irish Italian Catholic and we have raised 3 kids together who were all baptized, went to CCD and through confirmation with the local catholic church.
What pushed me over the edge from acceptance to ambivalence to anti?
Well the spate of stories about the sexual abuse of children by members of the priesthood did not help. The connivance of the Bishops in covering up that abuse really did not help and the Pope's continual denial of ecclesiastical responsibility in blaming a wider society did not help either.
Just last week once again the Christmas address almost accepted responsibility but in the end blamed wider society. The church continues to protect the guilty and block investigation.