I was raised Catholic, but I've never been big on the whole organized religion thing. I believe I can communicate with God...but it doesn't necessarily have to be during an hour mass every Sunday. So I may not be the right person to answer this since I really don't believe in the whole Sunday Mass thing..but here's my 2 cents.

When I do attend Mass, it's at my Future F-I-L's church. He's the Eucharistic Minister there. It's a beautiful church with a nice Jazz Mass on Sunday evenings. I've met the priest quite a few times and one of the deacons is a very nice former Marine that loves to talk about the Marine Corps with Joey. The whole Catholic Church scandal has not effected my opinion of this church or it's clergy at all. They're wonderful people. But, should I ever enter another Catholic church where I'm not familiar with the clergy, I would say yes, the scandal had an effect on me and would make me wonder about them.