If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move.
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself as well as from others than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture