>> It takes a gigantic amount of humility to do this based upon the story so far,

Been there, done that. Now I'm at the stage where something in me throws up at every interaction with said person.

>> will eventually result in other participants adopting a foul mood regarding the person doing the lashing

This has happened as well. But like I said the one person that is _his_damned_job_ to fix this cannot or will not do anything.