Any house of Christendom should know the best defense is to get their own knitting right with the Lord.
That could be one drawback of relying on a hierarchy. If the high muckety mucks go to sleep, you are left twisting in the wind.
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I've read any number of stories over the years of how gays have infiltrated American Seminary Schools. Not as some grand conspiracy but none the less, their numbers where shocking.
I get the sense that they are severely flawed individuals that actually know they are flawed and joined these seminaries to "repent" but find themselves with more opportunities than they may have had before.
As for "Getting their house in order".
Sinead O'Connor, was destroyed because of this.
At the time, nobody cared to understand what she was talking about.
This in many respects, IMHO, is why so many people hate organized religion.