Maybe it's just me., but it sounds like people don't like putting another person above them?? I agree with Rachael that we have the authority and the responsibility to bless our leaders and especially our pastors and teachers. They are invaluable to the church so much so that God has given them as gifts. Those who serve should be encouraged and supported by the body, the church.
It is very wrong in my mind to allow the bad apples of some leaders in the church to change our reaction to any of the truths of the Bible. People are so turned off by one another that they don't even go to church anymore. That must make the enemy very happy.