It's sad but just as the Pharisees were in the time of Jesus we have many Spiritual Leaders getting caught up in the authority gifted to them and just as Jesus mentioned (paraphrasing) that they always want to sit in the seat of complete importance and be treated as royalty forgetting that the mission is to serve and not be served. Those abused spiritually can rise again by staying close to God. The scriptures show many examples of great men and women serving under bad leadership, but they remained submitted for the season and it taught them to do better and gain a better character for the next chapter. - Clayton Jardine