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===Leland Jensen=== {{main|Leland Jensen}} Leland Jensen was initially a supporter of Remey and then left the group. After a stint in prison for sexually molesting a minor,<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/montana/supreme-court/1969/11610-0.html ''State v. Jensen''], 455 P.2d 631 (Montana, 1969)</ref> he made several religious claims of his own and established himself as the head of an apocalyptic cult.{{sfn|Smith|2000}} He believed that Remey was the adopted son of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, and that Remey's adopted son Joseph Pepe was the third Guardian, something that Pepe refused to entertain.{{sfn|Balch|1997|p=282, Note 6}} Jensen made headlines for predicting a nuclear holocaust in 1980, and his followers became the subject of academic studies in [[cognitive dissonance]].{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=206}}{{sfn|Balch|1983}}{{sfn|Balch|1997}} Membership peaked in 1980 with 150–200, but declined after the failed prophecy of 1980. By 1990 there were fewer than 100 adherents, and defection continued in the 1990s and beyond.{{sfn|Balch|1997|pp=271,280}} They were concentrated in Montana.
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