The difference in the Southern Baptist, we don’t have a hierarchy that would move them around. Our horizontal structure is such that if someone is doing something wrong, they’re out. I can assure you word gets around and that person won’t find another job.
This is not true in all Protestant groups who have a hierarchical structure like the Catholics. Just ask the Anglicans about the problems with these structures.
To simply think that this happens in “all” groups is simply admitting that no one wants to deal with the problem.
Are you suggesting that the presence of rotten apples in the hierarchy implies that the concept of hierarchy should be done away with? That's a rather silly solution, if you don't mind me saying so.
"Hierarchies" exist at all levels of secular and religious society and are essential. The military and the government are both hierarchies. They wouldn't function without it. Indeed, your family is a hierarchy. At least I hope so, unless the kids are on the same level as the parents.
Furthermore, the absence of a hierarchy can be just as conducive to the covering up of malfeasance if there is nobody of sufficient character or authority to stand up to it. To whom does one go with a complaint? Who has the clout and the ability to enforce rulings?
Clearly, neither a hierarchy nor its absence is a guarantee against corruption and its cover up.