Nor a Rabbi.
But, it seems,
Philip Sharp is a self-proclaimed rabbi...God, he claimed, had told him he was a reincarnated Old Testament king. And so he lives like one, with a harem of devoted 'wives', none of whom he is legally married to.
Now the 'rampant rabbi', as he has been called, has eight children by four wives - on top of five by a previous and now estranged wife...[and] two are pregnant at the same time. Margo, 39, [r.] is due this month, while Vreni, 38, [l.] is scheduled to deliver in January...Missing are five other wives and eight children...
...Margo was 25 and had never had a serious boyfriend when she met Mr Sharp at his 'synagogue' based in Hove...Vreni, six months pregnant with her second child with Mr Sharp, is originally from Switzerland. She was studying languages in England when she heard about his synagogue. God, she claims, told her to join...
...His wives have to wear hats to shield their hair from other men, follow a rota for housework, and attend to his every whim...
...In fact, the only woman he is legally married to is Hadass, 53 - an Israeli who left him nine years ago when he made clear he was planning to take on a whole host of new wives. She has since claimed he began flirting with other women on their honeymoon in 1984, and that he would demand sex at all hours of day and night.
After she left, the congregation at Mr Sharp's 'biblical Judaism' synagogue dwindled and he was later excommunicated by the group. He first 'married' his secretary Judith, 49, and within three years added Tracey, 41, Hannah, 50, Vreni, Margo, Chava, 64, and Karyn, 29, to his harem...
All the wives submit to his bedroom demands. Mr Sharp said: 'There is no rota for sex. It depends on where I'm at with each wife emotionally and spiritually.
'I spend time with whoever I like, and it is often the wives I have more fun with that I want to be with. When they quarrel, I call a family meeting and the other wives act as a jury so we can resolve it.'
(Kippah tip: CR)
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