I take no pleasure in scandals surrounding the Greek Orthodox Church. I grew up in that faith, though have long ago abandoned organized religion.
In the 60s the GO church was a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. They are philathrapic in practice. They are in no way, shape or form similar to the fundies.
I am an athiest and disagree with most all of the GO church's positions even as I respect their right to their opinions. Yes, like all religions (and for that matter, any human endeavor) hypocrisy exists and thrives. There is no way to eliminate the hypocrisy of clerics... but an effort to minimize the effect of that hypocrisy upon a society is essential.
Let the law deal with the criminals in the church as it would punish any criminal. In an unrelated topic, a Greek archbishop was accused of hiring a hit man to kill a rival (not sure of the details)... ROFLMAO! I'm just relieved these priests weren't fondling alter boys.
Don't insult the GO faith by calling them fundies. They are not... at least not yet.
For info about the GO church:
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7101.aspExcerpt:
" By and large, the Church is content to let the various political processes function in a way which separates the Church from partisan politics by maintaining a stance of general non-partisanship. Regardless of the political system of the nation and government, the Church is prepared to pray for the leader, in accordance with New Testament teaching. In democracies, this means that the Church seeks, insofar as its other purposes allow, to avoid partisan politics, neither formally opposing nor endorsing political candidates. Historically, only officials who imposed heretical teachings on the Church, or persecuted the Church, might be personally condemned; but even in these cases there was a certain hesitancy. By and large, hierarchs and other clergy do not seek to exercise political power, with the exception of the exercise of "ethnarchy," a unique institution discussed below.
The official Church strongly prefers that its laity be involved in government and politics, and embody Christian values to the extent possible given the governmental and political systems in force. This approach avoids the evils of a theocratic system, while encouraging a more general lay involvement in the embodiment of the ideal of the Kingdom of Heaven in Church-State relationships. "