The answer, I am sorry to say, is “Yes.” At least for some pastors. Especially liberal pastors, if that’s not a contradiction in terms.
So it’s five years ago and a notorious pervert, who’s already been publicly charged as such, is running for mayor of New York City… and this walking bird-bath of a pastor likens him to Moses and Ezekiel.
https://leeduigon.com/2013/05/29/will-a-pastor-really-say-anything/
The good news is that we are Christ’s people, not any particular pastor’s, and we don’t have to put up with this.
But much harm has been done to our culture by writing off flagrant wickedness as virtually blameless “mistakes.”
Psalm 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
There are some fine pastors out there, but our salvation doesn’t come from any human leader and, tragically, some worshippers have been led astray by religious leaders whose devotion to God is questionable.
What this particular guy is devoted to is a mystery.
Led away from the True God by his own desire.
I don’t think I can even figure out what it is that he desires.