IRM says:

The GBC and ISKCON�s leaders are not following Srila Prabhupada.
 

ISKCON�s leadership says:

"This year certain things done (and not done) by the GBC body and by some of its members and functionaries have sorely alienated me. I see sustained and determined behavior I look upon as spiritually offensive, philosophically off track, ethically crummy, and pragmatically ill advised."
(HH Jayadvaita Swami, Sannyasa report, 2006-2007)
 

"Unfortunately, since the departure of Srila Prabhupada, the GBC Body has not maintained his clear authority structure. [�] In the absence of a GBC Body that clearly represents the desires of Srila Prabhupada to preach Krsna consciousness as a unified movement, the Society remains together more on the basis of a loose confederation of initiating gurus and independent local leaders, than as a unified movement of surrendered servants."
(HH Prahladananda Swami, Duties of GBC and Guru in ISKCON, 2006)
 

"And now the GBC has become very, very weak. The principal reason for this has been the fall-down of spiritual masters and the decay of spiritual authority in general. This applies to sannyasis, gurus and the GBC. There has been a big overlap of these three categories, and they are all in disrepute. The renounced order of life has come to be called the denounced order of life - we hear that all the time. People are very dubious about gurus - everyone is wondering when the next one is going to fall. And the GBC seems to be floundering and cannot do anything about it. There is a feeling that we do not know where our vision is going to come from."
(HG Ravindra Svarupa Das, GBC Chairman, ISKCON Communications Journal, #81, January/June 2000).
 

"The status of the GBC in the eyes of the general devotees is rock bottom and could hardly go lower."(HH Bhakti Vikash Swami, July 22nd, 2000)
 

"The main problem is that the GBC Body is supposed to supervise ISKCON and they are not doing this service adequately. Therefore, many leaders are not acting strictly according to the directions of his Divine Grace."
(HH Prahladananda Swami, August 30th, 2006)

IRM says:

ISKCON�s leaders have no idea how to solve its problems.
 

"So that I think is the main mistake where we started, that took place after Srila Prabhupada�s disappearance that has never been properly rectified. Now, how do we rectify it? I mean, I�ll say, I don�t know. [�] The understanding is here that things have gone wrong, and how to, you know, like, how things went wrong, and what the rectification, what the measures are, [�] Now how things can be set right, for the benefit� My honest answer will be to tell you frankly, I don�t know, I don�t know�"
(HH Bhakti Caru Swami, Toronto meeting, July 20th, 2003)
 

"In Prabhupada�s system, the way Prabhupada actually structured ISKCON, there was, the GBC was the ultimate managing authority and anybody joining ISKCON was meant to be under the GBC. But unfortunately, due to the way the guru thing has come up, the GBC has become weak or you can even say impotent, and the gurus have become too powerful for anyone to correct them when they make mistakes."
(HH Bhakti Caru Swami, Toronto meeting, July 20th, 2003)

ISKCON�s gurus have deviated from Srila Prabhupada�s orders, and therefore ISKCON gurus are not uttama-adhikaris (first-class advanced devotees).
 

ISKCON�s leadership says:

"Such an uttama-adhikari Vaisnava is in perfect touch with the Supersoul and at every moment knows the Supreme Lord�s desires. [�] To spread Krsna consciousness in the absence of an advanced uttama-adhikari Vaisnava, third-class and second-class Vaisnavas must follow the instructions of Srila Prabhupada and learn the art of cooperation."
(HH Prahladananda Swami, Duties of GBC and Guru in ISKCON, 2006)
 

"If the GBC Body sees someone as a self-effulgent acarya who is completely aware of the Supersoul and Srila Prabhupada�s desires and instructions they can and should follow his/her instructions. No one so far has been seen in that category."
(HH Prahladananda Swami, August 30th, 2006)
 

"Guru Maharaja answered, "Even if the gurus in ISKCON are not qualified, it doesn�t matter." "(Statement of HH Bhakti Caru Swami, reported by his secretary, Text PAMHO6643979, March 27th, 2003)

IRM says:

ISKCON is deviating and in a mess.
 

"How will we deal with our polarized and disintegrating Society?"
(HG Ravindra Svarupa Das, GBC Chairman, Memo , May 2000)
 

ISKCON�s preaching is failing.
 

"In the UK�s Bhaktivedanta Manor, although the number of ashram residents remains relatively high compared to the rest of the world, most of the voluntary single staff have been replaced by employed householders receiving a stipend. Many ashram bunks are occupied not by local recruits but by devotees migrating from India, Russia and Eastern Europe."
(Rasamanadala Das, Co-ordinator, ISKCON Educational Services, 40 Years of Chant and Change, 2007)
 

"Just one-third of the temples distribute books; two-thirds don�t do much. [�] This year at the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur, two thirds of the registered guests are from Russia."
(GBC report, Monday February 5th, 2007)
 

"Compared to during Srila Prabhupada�s time, ISKCON is stagnant. When you go to the West, you see Indians manning the temples. This means that Westerners are not joining, and Indians, because it is their thing, are joining despite our lack of preaching."
("Insights from Bhakti Caru Swami", Krishna Kripa Das, March 24th, 2007)
 

"My observation of preaching in America is that our temples seem to be stuck in the mood of maintenance rather than preaching. [�] A lot of the emphasis is on Deity worship and preaching to the Indian population. [�] I think that we are failing to reach the Western population."
(HH Candramauli Swami, Sannyasa Report 2006-07)
 

"ISKCON sometimes takes pride in accomplishments that prove to be only temporary. [�] ISKCON�s success appears to be due more to circumstances than to a viable management system that encourages long-term preaching. "
(HH Prahladananda Swami, Duties of GBC and Guru in ISKCON, 2006)
 

"In your absence we have become helpless orphans. Although the house you have created for us is still there, we lost the opulence and grandeur that we once inherited from you. We have become like those old aristocrats, who are proud of their exalted lineage but became paupers. Srila Prabhupada, please bless me that I can do something to bring back our lost glory, unify our family and reinstate the spirit that you so effectively installed to ward off the evil influence of Kali and establish Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu�s Sankirtan movement."
(HH Bhakti Caru Swami, "Offering to Srila Prabhupada", January 1st, 2008)

ISKCON themselves are losing faith in their crumbling guru system.
 

"�devotees are often a little stumped thinking, �well, if someone who has been practicing Krishna consciousness for such a long time can become so misled then what of me?� [�] "One aspect of the answer, it is quite fortunate that devotees who ask those questions aren�t in a position of guruship, or leadership, or sannyasa; in other words, safe position to be in [�] so if we just stay as humble vaisnavas..."
(HH Sivarama Swami podcast, September 27th, 2007)
 

"�Spiritual masters�, I hate to use the word, I don�t like it so much I would rather prefer sannyasis, senior vaisnavas, GBCs; when they are preaching in public they should be advertised, but such advertisement is necessary but not on the basis of their being gurus."
(HH Sivarama Swami, "GBC resolutions on the worship of guru", podcast July 21st, 2006)