Paul Elden Kingston
Leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society in the USA since 1987
Paul Elden Kingston (born 17 December 1959) is an accountant and attorney. Since 1987 he has served as the Trustee-in-Trust (Leader) of the Latter Day Church of Christ (LDCC), also known as Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS) or the Kingston Group, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination. The DCCS is a financial cooperative established by his uncle Elden Kingston in 1935.
Life
Paul Elden Kingston was born in 1959 as a son of John Ortell Kingston and LaDonna Peterson.
Kingston studied at the University of Utah Law School and was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1990.
He succeeded his father John Ortell Kingston as the Trustee-in-Trust (Leader) of the DCCS upon his father's death in 1987. During his tenure, members have continued the practice of plural, and intra-family marriage.
Wives and children
Kingston practices polygamy, accruing at least 27 wives and fathering more than 300 children. Three of his wives are his half-sisters and two are his nieces.
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