Leland Jensen was initially a supporter of Remey and then left the group. After a stint in prison for sexual misconduct, he made several religious claims of his own, and formed a sect known as the Baháʼís Under the Provisions of the Covenant. 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. Jensen made headlines for predicting a nuclear holocaust in 1980, and his followers became the subject of academic studies in cognitive dissonance. Membership never exceeded 200, and the group declined in size significantly by 1990 and beyond.