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It's hard to keep folks in an organization built around morality when the organization doesn't share the same moral ideals of the folks who are in it. Hiding the sexual abuse of minors and the atrocious treatment of "sinners" (e.g. LGTBQ+ people) are very well known. The article touches on another large one that gets less press and that is the role of women in the church. Despite women's suffrage in the US being passed over 100 years ago. The Catholic church is not organized in a way to be flexible. On the contrary, they are dealing with over 2,000 years of institutional tradition. The "faithful who are waiting for reforms" have waited long enough and are moving elsewhere. Either the church learns how to change or they will continue to whither.
source: one of the faithful who stopped waiting over 10 years ago.