First, I am Catholic, and so is this other guy.
I responded to him and asked, "Do you remember how you felt when the first news about Catholic priest abuses in Boston broke, a couple of decades ago?"
He replied, "I was sort of numbed with disbelief."
"Okay," I continued, "and have you ever thought about how such a scandal could exist for so long, not to mention other scandals? Have you ever thought about the power structure at the top levels of the church administration that manipulated things to keep all the scandals a secret?"
"I guess I never thought of it that way," he replied.
"Well, " I said, "do you think that the the Catholic church is the only entity in the history of the world to have a power structure, and secret scandals, etc.?"
Silence.
"And so," I added, "by simple extrapolation, I am confident that a relatively tiny number of people in the highest positions among the governments, corporations and other institutions are all busy pushing their agendas, and protecting their secrets. And if that's true, it's probably just as true that an even higher level of controllers are orchestrating things to their advantage and to further their agenda."
Deer in the headlights stare.
The difference is that 99% of Catholics don't defend the Vatican or deny the child rape scandals. We express contempt for everyone involved, including the Popes, and acknowledge the horrific problem in full.
Whereas criticizing any of the Harry Potter Banking Goblin crimes will result in 99% of the goblins throwing a conniption fit, denying the problem, lying about the problem and trying to shut you down. They will accuse you of racism, down-vote you and try to use cancel culture to get you fired from your job and use crocodile tears to protect their criminal brothers and sisters.
Your reply is the logical fallacy of false equivalence.
Catholics are not just like the banking goblins.
So because some priests molested children that means Mary the MOTHER OF CHRIST deserves no praise?
The US government facilitates human trafficking yet we still love our country.
Fuck I know. Catholics ate brainwashed into false idols and get mad when you ask where in the Bible it says to pray to Mary. They literally love their little denomination more than Jesus Christ. Who did not found the catholic church. His apostles did that so as imperfect humans we can't say that is the route Jesus meant for them to take. The apostles turned what Jesus did into a company and lost its grassroots features.