If I may speak according to the "old metaphors," I feel pretty sure that a very special place in Hell is reserved for such as you describe here. People who abuse legitimate authority, who abuse the trust of the faithful whom they claim to serve, are scandal in the sight of God. And likewise ought to be so considered, in the sight of man. [Or so it seems to me.]
The faithless shepherd has a whole lot to answer for, in due course. [ditto]
On the other hand.. maybe the "shepards" are not faithless but have faith in the wrong "thing(s)".. and ARE honest agents in there own qualia..
According to the metaphor the "shepard" leads(or follows) the sheep to where they can feed themselves.. but consuming teachings, scripture, and dogma, pre-digesting it and comeing to vomit it up for the "sheep" is what birds do.. not "shepards".. ( a perverse metphor)
Whether "the Bird" is a "filty" bird ot a "clean" bird misses the mark of the metaphor.. and bypasses the reason for the metaphor completely.. And exposes the reality of the current situation.. I may be saying the "the Bird" ugh! "shepard" ugh.. "KING" has no clothes.. but the fact is obvious.. Whatever "he" is, that shepard, if hes vomitting, hes NAKED.. and the metaphor is raped and abused..
**Note: Yogi Berra eat your heart out.. d;-)~'.'.
"You've got to be very careful, if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there" - Yogi Berra