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I recommend you pray and ask God to have this situation bring you closer to God.  There are many things in life that on the surface may appear to be "bad" but are actually a life lesson being brought before you where you can choose to grow from it, or not.  Everyone is different, but perhaps there are messages in this for you in regards to trusting people, and knowing that no human in existence should be followed as the sole advisor.  My greatest spiritual advisors always ultimately taught me to go within for answers through meditation, ultimately following the path of the great spiritual teachers who contacted the divine directly.  Every single one of us can make direct contact with our spiritual teachers, we do not need human intervention. 

I would recommend showing compassion to this person, dismiss any negative feelings and realize he or she has the same weaknesses we all do and he or she is having to learn some tough lessons on a soul level right now as well.

Also pray that you be led to a new person that can help you on your spiritual path, again knowing that they are just someone to help you but not to dictate everything to you.

I feel for you dear. I totally understand how you feel since you've trusted that "spiritual adviser" of yours. This is the time when you should focus more on your faith and pray more to God and ask guidance for that person. Let him be the one to decide on the consequences. And forgive the person who turned out to be a fraud. May he find the right way through God.

I am a spiritual counselor and I cannot tell you how many people I have had come to me that have lost their long time counselor or adviser. It can be incredibly difficult and if it is under certain circumstances can make the person begin to question if they are even on the right path anymore or if the adviser lead them down the wrong path. I would say that the first thing to do is pray. Regardless of your religious beliefs pray in the form that is most attune to you and your belief system. Actively search for a new counselor. Look online, turn to others in your religious community for their guidance and take some time to read posts on sites like Hubpages. I know that sounds odd but you would be surprised how many religious counselors and advisers post helpful articles related to their work and religious views. Combining prayer and actively working on the issue to find another counselor are key to finding someone who will be spiritual in-tune with your views while giving you the assistance you found with previous counselors. I hope that helps a bit.

..I would first pray for the individual that they may find their way back to the grace of God. Then I would pray for myself that I am not guilty of judging them. Life may be hard for people in a position of carrying the weight of being an example. For they too are human and not infallible.

Excellent advice, Artistry. It always helps if you can put yourself in their shoes, and try to understand why they behaved as they did, because then you can more easily forgive. And if you come to the conclusion that their conduct is unforgiveable, try to take a lesson from the experience, so that you don't repeat their mistakes. However bad a situation may seem, there is always something positive to be taken from it.