Israeli polygamist cult leader faces sex charges: Harem in Israel
The big love parallels between Brigham Young and Goel Ratzon are interesting:
Young: 55 wives, 56 children
Ratzon: 21 wives, 49 children
Young: God’s mouthpiece
Ratzon: God’s gift to women
Young: Rules against smoking, drinking, and eating meat
Ratzon: Rules against smoking, drinking, and secret meetings
(I can sort of see why neither would want the wives smoking after sex, that would start to add up after a while)
Young and Ratzon even look somewhat similar: