the spotlight. Allred was succeeded by his brother, Owen A. Allred, who died in February 2005 and was replaced by his appointed successor, J. LaMoine Jenson. Jenson died in September 2014 after a battle with colon cancer, and was replaced by his appointed successor, Lynn A. Thompson. Lynn Thompson died October 5, 2021. Since 2016 a number of AUB members in Pinesdale, MT have separated themselves and formed their own group with their own meetings. No leader has emerged for this breakaway group yet. This group has taken to calling itself "the Second Ward". Allegations of wrongdoing Rod Williams, a Secret Service agent involved in Watergate and a former member of the AUB, claimed in sworn testimony, as part of the Virginia Hill lawsuit, that he stole copies of LDS Church's temple ordinances from the Seattle Temple at the behest of Owen Allred, a claim denied by Allred. According to one former member, attorney John Llewellyn, "plural wives [of AUB men] are sent into nearby Hamilton to apply for welfare as single mothers. The informant reported that welfare checks are often taken directly to the priesthood leaders." In 2014, after Lynn A. Thompson assumed leadership of the AUB, he was accused of fondling his daughter Rosemary Williams when she was 12 years old, and shortly thereafter two of his nieces also said he had sexually abused them too. An individual within the AUB also alleged that Thompson embezzled up to $500,000 in tithing funds and other church funds and that he used official Church accounts for personal expenditures. An audit confirmed Thompson had embezzled funds before becoming AUB's leader. In March 2019, Pinesdale Academy, the church's school in Pinesdale, Montana, required teachers to pledge support for Thompson or else they were let go. The church required its members to make the same pledge, causing many people to leave the church as well. Thompson died in October 2021. Leaders Council of Friends John W. Woolley(founding-1928) Lorin C. Woolley (1928-1934) J. Leslie Broadbent (1934-1935) Joseph White Musser (1935-1954) The Apostolic United Brethren does not recognize the presiding authority of John Y. Barlow (1935-1949) even though he did lead. Instead they believe Musser was Broadbent's rightful successor. Apostolic United Brethren Rulon C. Allred, founder of Apostolic United Brethren (1954-1977) Owen A. Allred (1977-2005) J. LaMoine Jenson (2005-2014) Lynn A. Thompson (2014-2021) David Watson (2021-present) Notable members, former members or adherents Lance Allred The