PLEASE HELP
Despite their power over society, Catholic Church leaders increasingly faced more criticism in Medieval Europe due to which of the following reasons?
Group of answer choices

A. Many critics were suspicious of the number of schools and colleges being established by the Church in order to teach ordinary Europeans how to read and write

B. Church leaders were neglecting the spiritual needs of the faithful to instead exercise their political power

C. After the Council of Trent, Church leaders began to curb the luxurious lifestyles of the clergy

D. Church leaders were seen by some as being too forgiving to criminals by calling for an end to the death penalty