Paul Elden Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston is an accountant and attorney[3] who has served as the Trustee-in-Trust of the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS or Co-op), a sect which broke off from the American Latter Day Saint movement, since 1987.

Paul Elden Kingston
Trustee in Trust [1]
August 25, 1987 (1987-08-25)
PredecessorJohn Ortell Kingston
Personal details
Born1959/1960 (age 60–61)[2]
United States
Children300 (estimated)[3]
ParentsJohn Ortell Kingston

Kingston succeeded his father John Ortell Kingston as the Trustee-in-Trust of the DCCS upon his father's death in 1987. During his tenure, Kingston has followed his father's practice of plural, and intra-family marriage,[4] although neither is practiced by the majority of members and the practice is not required to gain status in the group.[5]

Plural marriage is practiced by some members of the DCCS, and according to the group's website, members make their own choice in who they marry.[6] For more than a decade, the group has publicly spoken out against child-bride marriages and the DCCS has a policy encouraging its members to marry within the legal age of consent.[7][8][9][10]

He is estimated to have approximately 300 children with his wives.[3]

References
  1. Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. Kilzer, Lou (February 13, 2000). "Polygamy and profit". Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  3. Bennion, Janet (2012). Polygamy in Primetime: Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism. UPNE. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-61168-296-0. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. Janofsky, Michael (February 27, 2003), "Young Brides Stir New Outcry on Utah Polygamy", The New York Times, retrieved 2013-09-10 Late Edition - Final Section A, page 1, column 2
  5. Foster, Craig (2019). American Polygamy; A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith. Charleston, SC: The History Press. pp. 197, 198. ISBN 978-1-4671-3752-2.
  6. "DCCS - FAQ". www.dccsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  7. "Shurtleff: Child bride polygamous marriages appear to have stopped". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  8. "DCCS - FAQ". www.dccsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  9. News, Deseret (2008-06-19). "Polygamists are urged to make public statement". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  10. News, Deseret (2007-09-09). "No longer performing child-bride marriages?". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
Latter Day Church of Christ
Preceded by
John Ortell Kingston		 Trustee in Trust
July 8, 1948 (1948-07-08) -		 Incumbent
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