Personally, I don't believe that a religion that can't abide mistakes is one worth having, and one that makes you feel worse than I know you already do is hardly a positive influence.

Actually, the church has been really great about all this. There hasn't been any stigma placed on him whatsoever. (He's been staying with me this week). He removed himself from the position on the belief that if he can't be the spiritual leader for his household, he disqualifies himself to be the spiritual leader for other's households.