Edited sentence: Although the idea of the Catholic church can be well commended in it's moral fortitude of the family and the love of life for which it upholds, unfortunately, there are things about the catholic church which have embarrased itself in the past causing the slow decline of the church.Different groups of this religion have found themselves competing against each other, castigating the group that has lesser dedication and rules that are not as strict.Eventual settlements in the Boston suits could also reach $100 million.In 1997 a jury awarded $120 million to victims in a sex abuse case against the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, which finally agreed to a $30 million settlement.In more recent and litigious times, victims have reached settlements with the Church out of court.In some cases insurance companies have balked at meeting the cost of large settlements, claiming the actions were deliberate and not covered by insurance.In the past, victims largely kept silent about the abuse, out of shame or fear of the consequences.On another subject, the Catholic church has been known to have sexual offenders as it's heads, offending and molesting children who know not of this manipulation.Proof of this degredation can seen throught the change of the puritan ways, as seen in the history of America, through the branching and creation of different ideals such as Christianity, New Born Christians, Morman, and so on.Such evidence can seen where the catholic church paid $4 million dollars to pay off the molestation of 4 children as descreibed on the following web site,.Such things include the different classes of catholocism.The diocese went bankrupt and closed many of its agencies and schools.There have been an estimated 1,400 sexual abuse lawsuits launched against priests since 1985.These divergences in the religion have separated a once unified spirit to an almost ambiguous group of sects, with one leading after the other.This internal conflict has caused the divergence of the ideals of this religion and therefor, the degredation of its once powerful unity