There's your answer. Have you ever been harassed by a crazy hard-luck case? I have. Clients who turn out to be a few fries short of a Happy Meal, friends of friends who turn out to be professional grifters.
I'm sure that ministers, like lawyers, get some of those 2 a.m. phone calls. These days it's text messages. You try to respond politely but briefly.
And the source, the AJC, is as liberal as it gets, so if there were actually anything salacious in these texts it probably would already be out.
Ministers get tons of grief. I have seen people turn on my minster over nothing and start trashing the minister to the other members. There was one incident where one of the volunteers spent money on behalf of the church and did not have permission, the minister got the bill and paid it ($5000), then told the volunteer they could not any more work. This volunteer was so pissed he sent a death threat letter to the minister. After that, there was a TRO against the volunteer for 3 months.