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Lynn A. Thompson (10 June 1940 – 5 October 2021) was the President of the Priesthood of the
Apostolic United Brethren The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is a Mormon fundamentalist group that practices polygamy and is no longer associated in any way with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The AUB has had a temple in Mexico since the 1990s, an en ...
(AUB), a
fundamentalist Mormon Mormon fundamentalism (also called fundamentalist Mormonism) is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administrations of Joseph Smith, Br ...
sect, from September 2, 2014, until October 5, 2021.


Apostolic United Brethren

Thompson had been a member of the AUB's Priesthood Council under the leadership of
Owen A. Allred Owen Arthur Allred (January 15, 1914 – February 14, 2005) was the leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, a Mormon fundamentalist polygamist group centered in Bluffdale, Utah. He came to this position following the murder of his brother Rulon ...
and J. LaMoine Jenson. He assumed leadership of the
Bluffdale, Utah Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 17,014. History Bluffdale, named for its geography of bluffs and dales, was ...
, church, following the 2014 death of Jenson. Lynn Thompson died October 5, 2021.


Allegations of abuse

In November 2014, Rosemary Williams, daughter of Thompson and cast member of the television show '' My Five Wives'', accused Thompson of molesting her more than two decades ago. She said she remembered that he fondled her once when she was 12 years old. However, Rosemary stated that she did not plan to file a lawsuit or a criminal accusation as "she doesn't think it will do any good." In response, Thompson denied the allegations when contacted by the Associated Press. AUB spokesman David Watson stated that the allegations against Thompson were being investigated by "other leaders in the church" and that "if there's criminal allegations that need to be turned over to local authorities, that's what we do."


See also

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List of Mormon fundamentalist leaders Mormon fundamentalist leaders are those who lead (or have led) a Mormon fundamentalist group. Early Mormon leaders These leaders were the first three Presidents of the Church of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): *Jos ...


References

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