"Pastor So-and-so was removed as Senior Pastor and as an Elder of the church for engaging in conduct that the Elders believe is contrary and harmful to the best interests of the church... This decision was made with heavy hearts and much time spent in earnest prayer."
—The Elder of Such-and-such Church
If your biblically unsupported "Pastor" is engaged in questionable activity, the response to such should not be a "decision"—it is the right thing to do. To imply it is a "decision" is to say that you could have or would have gone in the opposite direction. Also, if you are the least bit biblically grounded, such a "decision" would not be made with "heavy hearts." This implies you had to wrestle with your response. "Our Pastor has been exposed as having had multiple affairs and engaging in paedophilia by sexually abusing children. Should we or shouldn't we? This is a tough decision." Seriously?!?!? Such egregious behaviour requires zero wrestling to do the right thing! You had to spend time in "earnest prayer" to figure out if you would do the right thing or not? Do these clownish people not hear themselves? Do they not hear the religion void of biblical Christianity dripping from their lips?
Positions of authority are not supposed to exist in the Lord's Ekklesia (Congregation)! Even Grok AI can easily assess this from the New Testament Scriptures. But given that religion has hi-jacked biblical Christianity and has implemented hierarchy, any time someone in authority (even non-religious institutions) is caught or exposed with verifiable evidence of having committed questionable activity, THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY!!! There should be no scale required to determine if you should or shouldn't! If it is illegal, such as sexually abusing children, THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE! No slaps on the wrist!
When congregations want to protect their biblically unsupported "leader" for any and all accusations, it is a clear and undeniable evidence that you are dealing with a Cult. Of course there are people who lie, or are put up to lying, and "proof" can be faked. But when it is investigated and evidence prove it to be true beyond a shadow of a doubt, your recourse should be simple and effected easily. When the person steps down or retires early, it is a flat-out admission of guilt. By the way, if other groups were the least bit biblically grounded, when such a person guilty of such questionable actions attempts to revive their station as a "Pastor" at another institution in another city or province or state, or to start a new church, that should be dead in its tracks. In other words, individuals like Mark Driscoll and Tullian Tchividian should not be in new pastoral positions today!
When hierarchy exists, scandal easily becomes big news. Remove hierarchy and have zero authority and the scandal practically vanishes. That does not mean that individual people will not still fall into such situations, but it becomes easier to deal with among the members and does not bring such national or international headlines. Moreover, if you stop telling people that they are dirty, rotten, filthy sinners with wicked, deceitful hearts who can do nothing but sin, and start telling them the truth that they are new creations with new hearts, new minds, new spirits, having new desires, with God's Spirit living inside them, and that they are slaves to righteousness, placing their identity in Jesus rather than their sin, you will discover that such questionable activity lessens. People realize that they do not actually want to do these things and that such temptations are not coming from themselves and they start living better. Evolution tells people that they are nothing but animals, and then acts surprised when people act like animals. When you constantly tell people they are nothing but sinners, do not be surprised when that is exactly how they behave. Behaviour follows identity. Right behaviour follows right belief.
Read the Epistles. Were believers absolutely perfect? Of course not. There will always be struggles. Take a good look at the Corinthian Ekklesia. They misunderstood Paul's message so egregiously, the same message he delivered to the Galatians, that they basically lived the concern Paul anticipated (and people raise today) with his words in Romans 5:20-6:2, 14-16. He had to correct them. But the member having sexual relations with his father's girlfriend did not become a national or international scandal. It was addressed and dealt with by the Ekklesia. When all members are equal and there is no authority structure, it is easier to deal with such issues. When hierarchy is instituted, such issues are inevitably invited because people almost always (if not always) gravitate to abuse of their power and/or position. This is why Jesus said "it shall not be so among you." People like to lord their power and position over others, and it can lead to mental, physical, emotional, sexual, or even spiritual abuse. It is difficult to reign in that kind of temptation, which is why Jesus condemned it in the first place. This was always a concern I had when I was studying to be a "Pastor." Thankfully, God has taught me enough that I quit that pursuit. I did not feel His calling to return for more schooling (where they brainwash, condition, program, and train you with what you should believe), but continued reading and studying Scripture regularly, and as a result have now come to realize that such positions did not exist in the early Ekklesia and were to never exist in the first place. Such is a return to the Old Covenant system as well as to the structures and patterns of the world.
ADDENDUM:
All these "Pastors" caught in questionable activity, past or present, like to say, "I've repented." Have you? That is just a bunch of religious mumbo-jumbo. Do you even have a clue what "repentance" is? Repentance has nothing to do with your sin. Biblical repentance means to have a change of mind. What have you had a change of mind about? Repentance does not mean a turning from sin. Turning from sin is a fruit of repentance. Period.