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.
Fred, it’s sad but true. And very often a pastor cannot say what is necessary to defend himself, because of confidentiality concerns. He’s sort of a sitting duck, and certain kinds of people like to use defenseless people as punching bags.