Couldn’t be arsed to read much of this thread, but my take on this:
As someone who grew up going to church (C of E), went to a church school (C of E), has been around churchy people most of my life, but has never had any kind of faith / belief, and has relatives (by marriage) who are Catholics….
C of E = Really fairly harmless, well meaning, wooly, nothing too much to be scared of, won’t employ mind-bending tactics to ensnare your children.
Roman Catholics = properly ****ed up, attracts really quite odd / unhinged people, wouldn’t trust my kids anywhere near them.
FWIW I am playing the system to get my kids into a local, very good C of E funded school. (Hence church attendance forms part, a big part, of the selection criteria)
* No offence intended to any Catholics on here, I know there are a few who have faced totally unwarranted abuse in the past.