Paul Elden Kingston has been the leader of the Mormon fundamentalist Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society in the USA since 1987.

Kingston succeeded his father John Ortell Kingston

John Ortell Kingston

John Ortell Kingston was the leader of the Kingston Clan of Mormon fundamentalists in Davis County, Utah, from 1947 until his death in 1987.-Latter Day Church of Christ Membership:J. Ortell Kingston was the son of Charles W...

 as the leader of the Kingston Clan on his father's death in 1987. During his tenure Kingston has followed his father's practice of plural

Plural marriage

Polygamy was taught by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890.The Church's practice of polygamy has been highly controversial, both within...

, child

Child marriage

Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places, whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable age as defined by the commentator and often before puberty. Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America: in...

, and intra-family

Incest

Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...

marriage.

In 2006 it was estimated that Paul Kingston had up to 40 wives (including two half-sisters of his), some of whom have up to sixteen children.