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Around 2008, David Vander Meer was fired from his youth pastor position after church leaders learned he had been throwing parties for teenagers, giving them alcohol, and encouraging gambling.
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After Bernadette's death, David returned to the church and resumed his youth pastor role — until it fell apart. Around 2008, church leaders discovered he was hosting parties for teenagers, supplying alcohol, and encouraging gambling. He was fired. David then built a new life in Las Vegas as a school counselor and yoga instructor. But the past caught up with him. Former youth group members began coming forward with grooming allegations. No charges were filed initially. Then a senior pastor made a pivotal call to Utah authorities, saying the church no longer believed Bernadette's death had been accidental. The cold case began to thaw.
Around 2008, David Vander Meer was fired from his youth pastor position after church leaders discovered he was throwing parties for teenagers, giving them alcohol, and encouraging gambling. He then reinvented himself as a school counselor and yoga instructor in Las Vegas.
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