I was a confirmed catholic & was told that I had to attend mass & the Sunday school lesson that followed as long as I was living at home. Never got anything out of it except boredom. Quit going as soon as I graduated HS & got my own place. Only go there for a funeral mass now. Oh, the priest raped my younger brother and my cousin when they were alter boys too, if that helps in my decision to quit going. His name is father Flanagan.
