Tom has stated multiple times that it is fully intentional that the person with the top rank in a guild essentially owns that guild. If you really want, I can probably dig you up some instances, but it'll probably take a while.
Despite your clear opinion to the contrary, we don't need a Titan or Magistrate case to establish precedent for things that Tom has explicitly stated himself.
I disagree.
I didn't design it at all. Religions were implemented years before I became a dev.
Tom, however, did design it that way, whether you like it or not.
Tom has also continuously stated that religion was, for him, meant to be a roleplaying device, not something about game mechanics, which is utterly contrary to what just happened.