not sure how much i can help with most of your issues but let me put your mind at ease about not showing up for the lesson. if not showing up when you were asked to give a lesson or speak in sacrament meeting without telling anyone was serious enough for disciplinary action we'd have no one in our branch. we've been stood up to many times to count. one thing i've learned being in a branch is that every member is responsible for the class, to participate and possibly teach. on any given sunday we should be prepared enough before the class to teach on less than 5 min notice. especially if you were the pres of something.
all that being said, if i understand what you are saying correctly, you were not obligated to teach or to find a replacement. you never agreed to teach. as a leader you can't call and say "will you ...." and when they say no pass the responsibility on to them to take care of it. you said no, he was the one neglecting his responsibility, not you.
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