In a lot of ways, the dioceses are the front lines of what is happening with Newchurch. Parishes make up these dioceses. All you have to do is go to just about any parish council and other type of committee, and you will see how saturated these committees are with women, and how much control they have in the parish life and how the "faith" is promulgated to the flock. The priests are guilty of it, too, because they concede control over to these people, when in fact, the priests should be the one and only presiding officer making the parish conducive to all that is Holy. These parishes are run like businesses and social functions, and as a result, decay sets in to them; and while religious superficiality might remain, the true Christ and His Holy Mother are no longer the central figures.