The Church is the original Intelligence network. The Church hoardes knowledge, like the knowledge of medicine, and blackmail (real or rumor) and uses it to control the levers of power and the masses.
They are not loyal to their fellow man, but instead to whatever will profit and propagate their power and influence
Fire-breathing, bible thumping, useful idiot. Tells a lot of truth and sends the fearful into the waiting arms of Satan to save them from "the bad people".
They are busy serving the Gods of money, war, division, power, Kings, slavery, and brain-washing. They serve for the elite, who serve to maintain the established pryamidal order with them at the top.