"You had the choice."
I did not attend a Catholic school - I am an atheist - my father's church made sure of that by excommunicating him for his anti-fascist behaviour
Catholics who do not send their children to school in England run the inevitable consequence of humiliation, harassment even to the extent of ostractition
A condition of a Catholic marrying outside the faith was that they agreed to children being brought up and educated as Catholics
Today, if I wised to have my children in a non denominational school I would have to transport them forty five miles daily, the nearest non-denominational Portacabin, 20 miles away being permanently oversubscribed.
"Most schools were like that."
Yes they most certainly were - a form of persecution until the aw and parental pressure stopped it - what's your point?
NO CATHOLIC WISHING TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION HAS A MODICUM OF CHOICE IN THESE MATTERS - WHAT WORLD DO YOU OCCUPY???   
"I'm not even trying to establish a precise "scale", Jim"
Of course you aren't, you are merely trying to present only one brand of atrocities by downgrading all others - par for the course by people like you and Keith.
So far you have totally ignored the threat that all religions poses to society should the desire or right circumstances arise.
Jim Carroll