The Board of Deacons handles such personnel issues. Generally in a BC the preacher would just resign when such an event came to light (indeed it does happen). In the case discussed it sounds as though the preacher had a big chunk of the membership on his side including a number of deacons. Really bad news when that happens and it generally prefigures a split congregation and lots of people leaving and a whole lot of very bitter feelings among the remnant. Talk about the evil men do living on this is a perfect example.
“Talk about the evil men do living on this is a perfect example.”
Yeah, unfortunately today, there is a whole lot of it around!