Religion is, itself, a con. It's a bunch of lies designed to separate people from their reason . . . separate them from their money . . . and turn them into nice little obedient, non-questioning sheeple. It was designed to give a non-alpha male power over others, and make sure he never actually had to work. So, of course, all preachers/priests/rabbis/imams, etc., are con artists. As long as most of the population falls for their crap, we can't do anything against them. The news of how much money they make, and how they scam anyone they can, is all over the internet. Their followers just refuse to believe it.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein