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My guess is probably some of them do. When I was in Catholic School back in the 1960s and 70s, I didn't ever see any of them smoke, but I guess some probably did just never in front of us.

Also I never heard anything about accusations in our particular parrish about pedophilia, but there were cases in the larger cities of our diocese. There were rumors about some of the priests having affairs with some of the nuns, and at least one priest was rumored to be secretly married, and that he and his wife had children.

My school was more into child beating and berating us, in the name of making us humble. They didn't realize there was a difference between narcissistic pride, and the basic self esteem needed to succeed and survive.

Those things being said I also met some priests and nuns along the way who were kind and nurturing, and did their level best to try and undo a lot of the damage that was caused. They were almost exclusively ones that were ordained or took their final vows after Vatican II. Those are the ones who are the reason, why I still have any remaining faith in the Catholic Church even though I am no longer an active member. Those types do not deserve to be lumped in with the hypocrites and tarred and feathered with the same brush as the Dolan crowd.