Prompt: What do the Salem Witch Trials have to say about the hypocrisy of Purita

Prompt:
What do the Salem Witch Trials have to say about the hypocrisy of Puritan religious leaders? (Think for example about Cotton Mather’s recant on spectral evidence as he was nearing death). What are some contemporary examples of religious hypocrisy?
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials