maladministration

Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.

Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance

To combat maladministration and improve government efficiency, the ombudsman was established to function as an independent watchdog.

An act of incorrectly administering a religious rite; also, a religious group that permits such a practice.

[…] I vvould have the Sacraments on their vvheels, and yet ſo that their mal-adminiſtration bring not epidemick judgements upon us, as the receiving unvvorthily did on the Church of Corinth.