Heckman was facing a church trial, the first prominent Methodist #MeToo case.
The Rev. Bud Heckman, who was facing a church trial that was set to be the first prominent #MeToo case in the United Methodist Church, admitted guilt and agreed to retire, the church said on Thursday.
"I deeply regret the harm that has been caused to any person due to an act of sexual misconduct by a pastor. There is no excuse,” Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, who leads the West Ohio conference, said in a statement.The case has been closely watched by advocates for women within the nation’s third-largest religious denomination.
Many of the details of K.R.’s account are reflected in the church’s 12-count charging document in Heckman’s case, which a church committee compiled on the basis of affidavits from the four accusers and interviews with Heckman and several witnesses.The charging document says that it should “not be shared with any unauthorized individuals,” and clergy-lawyers for both Heckman and the church refused to provide it to The Post.
She called the church. “I said, ‘Please, please help me. One of your ministers is threatening to kill my children,’” Laura Heckman recalled. She said that she sent Palmer documentation at the time of her husband’s recent guilty plea.Palmer did not respond to inquiries from The Post. But Laura Heckman said that the bishop never took her calls. “It was devastating. Bud’s betrayal, in some ways, was a little bit easier to accept…. But the bishop and the church’s betrayal is excruciating,” she said.
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