Are you a non-Catholic, a full Catholic, or a "cafeteria Catholic"?

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14. I was raised as a Catholic

but when I was about 12 years old, a priest got really angry and nasty with me during confession and chewed me out for almost nothing. It seems the boy ahead of me in line was dying of cancer and nonetheless dragged himself to confession and the priest got emotionally upset on hearing his confession and then got very angry with me when I told him I'd missed confession on the last few Sundays. I realize now that he was just being emotional and human but at the time, after hearing him shout at me loudly through the confessional I decided to avoid confession and holy communion altogether. I never confirmed because of that incident and I went less and less to Mass and now I haven't been in years.

I deplore abortion but I think every woman who has one probably deplores it too and wishes she had an easier choice. I wouldn't want to force someone to have a child they don't want. I don't agree with the church on contraception or abortion or gay marriage but I still admire the beauty of Catholic ritual, the echo in the church, he tinkling of the bell, the smell of incense, the candles, and especially the way the mass was when I was a kid and the priest would sing in Latin.