It's a fairly well established fact that any church with a modicum of power and influence will persecute and dominate to protect what it has - hence their tendency to invariably support whoever is in charge no matter what their particular philosophy and attitude to human rights.
Politics and religion has always been a toxic mix and so it shall remain, forever and ever, amen!
This doesn't mean that there aren't clergymen and women who buck the system, but these usually come to a bad end, and no doubt, go to hell!
Jim Carroll