An Israeli self-styled cult leader who is believed to have had up to 32 wives and 49 children has been convicted of a number of sexual offences by a court in Tel Aviv.<br /><br />64 year-old Goel Ratzon, the leader of a polygamous religious cult, was arrested in 2010.<br /><br />Ratzon, is alleged to have presided over what police described as a harem of 21 wives in Tel Aviv but is believed he had up to 32. <br /><br />He presented himself as a spiritual guru, but the court accused him of multiple sexual offences including rape, sodomy, sex with a minor, as well as assault and fraud.<br /><br />He was acquitted of holding one of his victims in sexual slavery against her will.<br /><br />Ratzon has yet to be sentenced but it is expected he will receive a lengthy prison term.
