Who shall guard the guardians? It is a shame whenever a cult of personality overshadows the Gospel, because when the human fails, as he/she will, it damages the ministry most of all. The situation could have been saved by a press conference that said “I am human, I got angry, I failed, I pray for the forgiveness of my daughter, my friends, the church, and Jesus.” Pulling back inside the shell of false piety? You just killed your church, pal.
Either that, or if it was true a frank denial, but not this coy game. Oughtn’t it have been his attorney speaking rather than a church spokesman, if he is afraid to speak for fear of making his case look worse?