Shawano - Five years ago, Avraham Cohen had become a large, if largely unseen, presence in this small city at the edge of the North Woods.

He already had carved out a striking career over the previous three decades. A nuclear engineering student-turned spiritual leader, he had attracted a group of followers who, former members say, faithfully obeyed him in areas of their lives as large as whom they would marry and as small as which brands of groceries to buy.

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