Paul Elden Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston
Paul Elden Kingston
Trustee-in-Trust of the Davis County Cooperative Society
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 25, 1987
Preceded by	John Ortell Kingston
Personal details
Born	17 December 1959 (age 64); Utah, United States
Spouses	At least 27
Children	300+
Parent	John Ortell Kingston

Paul Elden Kingston (born 17 December 1959) is an accountant and attorney who has served as the Trustee-in-Trust of the Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS), a Mormon fundamentalist denomination,^[1]^[2] since 1987. The DCCS is a financial cooperative established by his uncle Elden Kingston in 1935.

Kingston studied at the University of Utah Law School and was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1990.^[3]

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, some members have continued the 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 members make their own choice in who they marry.^[5] Plural marriages for individuals under 18 in the group are not allowed. 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.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Members generally seek the blessing of parents and religious leaders before choosing to marry. Many consider Kingston the top man in the group.^[10]

Records show he signed as a witness on 4 lawful teenage marriages over a 20 year period. There are thousands of members in the group.^[10]

He is believed to have practiced polygamy in the past, potentially accruing as many as 40 wives and fathering up to 300 children.^[11]^[12]

References

^ "United by fundamentalist Mormon beliefs, one polygamous group helps another by bringing truckloads of food". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ "Paul Kingston : UTAH Bar". services.utahbar.org. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ 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
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Shurtleff: Child bride polygamous marriages appear to have stopped". KSL.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
^ "DCCS - FAQ". www.dccsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
^ "Polygamists are urged to make public statement". Deseret News. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
^ "No longer performing child-bride marriages?". Deseret News. 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
^ ^a ^b "Girls in polygamous Kingston Group continue to marry as young as 15, records show, sometimes leaving Utah to marry cousins". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ Bennion, Janet (2012). Polygamy in Primetime. ISBN 9781611682960. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
^ "Inside 'The Order,' One Mormon Cult's Secret Empire". Rolling Stone. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

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Preceded by John Ortell Kingston	Trustee in Trust August 25, 1987 (1987-08-25) -	Incumbent

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[The_Salt_Lake_Tribune_2017-1] "United by fundamentalist Mormon beliefs, one polygamous group helps another by bringing truckloads of food". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2021-09-14.

[BCH1-2] Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

[3] "Paul Kingston : UTAH Bar". services.utahbar.org. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[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

[:0-5] 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] "Shurtleff: Child bride polygamous marriages appear to have stopped". KSL.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[7] "DCCS - FAQ". www.dccsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[8] "Polygamists are urged to make public statement". Deseret News. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[9] "No longer performing child-bride marriages?". Deseret News. 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[The_Salt_Lake_Tribune_2018-10] "Girls in polygamous Kingston Group continue to marry as young as 15, records show, sometimes leaving Utah to marry cousins". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2021-09-14.

[11] Bennion, Janet (2012). Polygamy in Primetime. ISBN 9781611682960. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

[12] "Inside 'The Order,' One Mormon Cult's Secret Empire". Rolling Stone. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

[13] [a] Mormon leaders prior to the start of the fundamentalist movement and recognized by most fundamentalists as legitimate church leaders.

[14] [b] Mormon leaders that made changes to church policies on plural marriage; recognition of legitimacy of leadership varies by fundamentalist group.

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