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So when are American RC's going to hold them accountable, or is that someone else's job?

As it stands, the Church was never established to be a democracy or republic, so it's not like we can fire them.

What we can do (and hopefully, will do, as far as Catholics who are faithful to the teachings of the Church):

pray for deliverance and a reformation like what happened with the Council of Trent (after the protestant schism)
Learn the actual Magesterial doctrine adequately enough to speak up and be pains in the butts: make sure no more people are led into this error
Not financially support programs that support these positions that are contrary to the teachings of the Church (and when we are asked why we aren't contributing to this annual fund or that annual drive, we have the courage to actually say why)

Now am I naive enough to believe that the majority will do any or all of the above?

But as far as getting the deacons and elders together and voting out the current preacher and replacing him with another one...don't work that way.

As it stands, the Church was never established to be a democracy or republic, so it's not like we can fire them.

Excellent observation, Mark. The only thing I can add to your comment is to point our fellow freepers to a thread from July 2007.

Catholics in some places face situations in which it seems the bishop turns a blind eye to heterodoxy and dissent—or even appears to give them his blessing. Faced with such dysfunctional diocesan environments, they naturally look to Rome for relief and redress, but often are disappointed to find that help is slow in coming, if it ever comes at all.
By "do something" people usually mean that they want the pope to discipline the bishop, to apply pressure on him to adhere more closely to Church teaching, or even to remove him. But most of us—while from time to time sharing such wishes or even voicing them—don’t know exactly what can be done about a bad bishop. So I’ll address a couple of common misconceptions about the bishop’s role and his relationship to the universal church, and I’ll explain how the Church sees these things, both in its teaching and tradition.

Here is the thread: Why Doesn't the Pope Do Something about "Bad" Bishops? . It is well worth the read.

But as far as getting the deacons and elders together and voting out the current preacher and replacing him with another one...don't work that way.

I guess that's why RC's are not great allies to have. It's too bad, we share a lot of agreement on social issues, especially life, but your hierarchy dictates that a centralized authority is the best way to solve these problems and we look to individual empowerment. If you have to just do what they say to be good RC's there's not much hope for the future.