CatholicMatchReviews 124

Stay away from this scam of money making site a pricey but majority turned out to inactive profiles. That's the reason they disabled the when the last active mode but you can still figure out based on the unread message and recent activity mode. I receive also replies that they are no longer active yet the site keep their profile active. So I tried it myself when my subscription expired and deactivate my account yet my friend keep seeing my profile in the search or remains active. ‘This is deceiving since actually they only have very limited choices and profile available for matching.

See even Catholics do everything to make money.

As a paying member on this faith-based site, I have higher expectations in all levels. Unfortunately, I feel I am ripped off due to the following facts and verifiable reasons:
1. Matching system is not working and very limiting since I can only receive at least 3 candidates every week. Worst, the candidates forwarded are never in the qualifications I have set for instance the educational level, distance., and marital status. As a Catholic, I want a Church Wedding so the guy must be either Never Married. Widowed, or Annulled. But I received a lot proposed Candidates who are Divorced yet declared Free to Marry in the Church.
2. A number of their members especially those who are seemingly legit and highly qualified are Inactive for so long or fake accounts or non existent at all. How did I discover? My messages were remained unread for a couple of months and when I checked the search based on recent activity they were usually those at the top 10 last profile.
3. Most guys I met have been a member for five to ten years! Wow!, I was shocked because I thought they are serious in looking for real deal but I found out most of these are only looking for pen pals or a free shrink!
4. Most guys I encounter are hypocrites since I expect them to be at least honest and sincere. But most of them lied about the teachings - usually on premarital sex. They don't have social graces and manners by at least responding the messages or be candid not to continue communicating instead of ghosting. Where is the Catholic value there?
5. Most common complaints among women in the forum is that most men are not men enough to respond and are fond of ghosting.

So if you are paying not really worth it! I am now happier in other non-faith based site.

I noticed 2 fraudulent charges on my credit card and one credit from Catholic Match. No idea what this was. As you know, replacing your debit card is a pain. Next month I had another charge. I decided to contact them. The message says that you won't hear from them for a few day. After a few weeks, screen shot of the bill, Abigail, Sandy and Genevieve said they couldn't find the charge and to contact my bank again. AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL!

Im suspicious that this site creates fake profiles to entice people into paying for a membership. Ive seen the same photo used for multiple profiles and they never get removed even after being reported. Many times over messages go unanswered and theres no interaction between members. This isn't the fault of the site, but just the truth in its quality of content. Its the type of people the site does attract. In rare cases where a message was answered and a conversation between two people was started the site prevents you from sharing contact info. This is a money grab in my opinion. This is done to force you to pay for additional membership time in my opinion.

I signed up for a 1 month subscription. I specifically chose 1 month as described in the advertisement however, this option is misleading as I was completely unaware that my card would be charged 3 additional times as per their automatic renewal policy which is in fine print and not clear on the subscription page. Had I known my card would be continuously charged I would have never signed up and had I wanted a longer subscription, I would have selected it in the beginning. After submitting a complaint to this company's support team (Brianna) one of the reasons I was given as to why my subscription was automatically renewed is that I had not adjusted my renewal settings. No where in the original receipt of purchase does it state that I was required to do so in order to not have my card charged for further subscriptions and I had not adjusted them to automatically renew in the first place as this is also done automatically by the site. Since I was unaware of the policy to automatically renew, I was also not vigilant for a renewal reminder as I believed my subscription would automatically expire. Upon acceptance of payment a confirmation is not immediately visible or given as a receipt is sent to your email which I am not required to check because again, I had not adjusted any settings to automatically renew or believed my subscription would be renewed since I was unaware of any policy that would do so. Upon further correspondence with the support team (Abigail) I was told that because almost 4 months had lapsed since the last charge that I was not eligible for a refund. However, that is not what's stated in their refund policy on their website which clearly says that if the service was not used a refund will be provided as updated on March 5th 2020 by Nathan Lloyd of customer support. I have since filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau which is what anyone confronting a problem with this so called "Catholic" site should do as they are dishonest and unethical in their practices.

I met my fiancée on Catholic Match, so it was the best $30 I ever spent. My one complaint is that even after I set my account to Inactive, women could still view my profile and send messages, but I couldn't reply, even to say I was no longer looking. To reply I would have had to reactivate the account; instead I had to have the site manager delete my account. Apologies to Lore, who sent a message to which I couldn't reply. I wasn't intentionally ignoring you.

I've had memberships on and off since 2008 asked been sorely disappointed, having much better acquaintances of Catholic single men off-line. From a woman's perspective, CM attracts people who are desperate to find someone but unwilling to put in the time of their own character development or simply too immature to possess the capacity for the Sacrament of Marriage. From lying about his annulment, to not being able to keep a job, to stalkers, CM attracts them. In large part because there is no screening process whatsoever; even when they are provided with a Court Order of Protection, they claim they cannot assist in honoring it. Safety, let alone attracting quality people, is not an objective let alone a priority.

After some bad experiences with men who are not Catholics I decided I wanted someone with the same believes as me.
I found Catholic Match and decided to give a try. I got 6 month subscription and was very active. I loved the forum area and made some friends during my time.
My subscription was finishing and I hadn't been lucky. They extended it for another 6 months.
After 2 months and some not so nice dates, I met my husband on the website. He had joined Catholic Match just 2 weeks before finding me.
My counsel to those who are still looking for three right one is keep trying. The majority of people in this website don't have a paid subscription, so they can't reply your messages. Join the forums and for men, please take chance and invite those girls for a date. That's what my husband did.

I sent the owners emails of their rules being totally unfair. I said I was eligible for marriage with my priest telling me so. They wanted a signed note from him. I would be embarrassed to bother my priest for a dating site not expecting to be married in the near future. They decided they didn't like me after I said this and tried requesting my money back making my time on the site very negative and hurtful. They pretended they wanted to help me find a husband in long distance relationship, initially. I wasn't looking for a husband exactly. Just friendship with someone closer by.
They censored my messages and even changed what I said to one member. Every Other person I sent a message to didn't reply back. No one messaged me. There has to be something very wrong with this. Owners are very deceptive. Not Christian or Catholic at all. Very disappointing experience. I ever had.

Got reported and in trouble for saying "Let's talk on Facebook," because wanting to talk offsite is "a security risk," they said. That's complete bollocks; I'M the one taking the risk and saying "Please contact me." They said that conversations must remain on CatholicMatch.com, which'll cost me $40 (might vary by region and currency) per month! I'd be fine with that if they accepted that users may well actually truly want to date in person, but the way they ban any attempt to actually talk to users beyond just on their site where they make their money makes it obvious that this website isn't funny Catholics at all. They're greedy, nasty folk who exploit the users. This website is just another money grab.

I joined CM before Christmas 2019 and, chose 1 Month ONLY subscription. Fearing to be charged in the future without my authorization, I made sure there was nothing indicating auto renew. Unfortunately CM charged $29.99 from my debit card, and now they said that I selected the auto renew option. I have said a thousand times that I did not and, if it was selected it was by default in a hidden way difficult for the user to visualize. They replied to my first e-mails, but are ignoring the last ones. I am posting here with the hope they will refund my money.
Fatima from NYC.

People on here are far from Catholic. I rejected a Hispanic guy and he turned racist and called me a $#*!ing worthless piece of $#*! who needs to be deported to Asia.' And that America is no country for me. Doesn't sound like a Catholic to me. All men are thoughtless, rude, derogatory with plenty of profanity. Don't sign up unless you want to get chewed up by immature racist men! All the men on the site are Satan's minions. Not a card in the world for people's feelings.