Men who had been appointed to execute righteous judgement over a people and who in turn had corrupted the doctrines and practices.
Such can be said of the LDS church today, in its insistence that culture is doctrine. Examples, the priesthood ban on men of African lineage, the priesthood ban against women, the insistence that if you don't dress like you live in the 1930s or wear only one pair of earrings that you are somehow less righteous than those who do. True persecution of homosexuals, overbearing missionary practices, insisting that they are the religious authority, and they have the right to judge the rest of the world.
Gaz, you are missing the forest for the trees. I'd have hated to have you as bishop. My self-esteem was low enough as an LDS. I couldn't stop hating myself for what done and renounced long ago, I couldn't stop hating myself for being black, I couldn't stop hating myself for somehow "choosing" to be born into the dysfunction that is my family. Sounds like you wouldn't have encouraged me to stop, according to the theology you espouse.
The Christ I know is a Christ of mercy, one who understands the suffering, who can relate to those who are afraid of the dark and not understanding why the lights went off. The Christ I know is the one who held out his hand to fallen women, who touched lepers. The Christ you speak of wears a suit, has short, graying hair, possibly wears glasses, and speaks in monotone about the glories of church hierarchy.