4,110 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »)
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- Luis Zarate was a Mormon bishop in Panama; accused of sexual abuse of a 4-year-old
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Alleged crime: 2010s, 
Alleged crime country:
Panama,
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LDS positions: Bishop, - Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
Alleged crime country:
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- Krew Zaugg (2003 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; went on an LDS mission to Louisiana and Mississippi from August 2022 to 2024; charged in June 2025 with multiple felonies after police said he sexually assaulted a minor; charged with rape of a victim under the age of 16 and lewd conduct with a child under 16
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Laron Zaugg (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on an LDS mission to Vienna, Austria in 1986; in 2017, sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and sentenced in Utah to three years to life in prison for first-degree felony attempted sodomy on a child; as of 2025, in federal prison in Colorado (release date 2028)
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Crime: 2010s, - Crime state:
Utah,
Crime state:
Convicted:
2017, 
LDS positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Scott Zaugg (1970 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 2000 of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Roy, Utah
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- Convicted:
2000,
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Jeffrey Zaugg was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 1995 of first-degree felony sodomy on a child; was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison; as of 2025, was out on parole (Utah offender #73345)
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- Convicted:
1995,
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Jared Zierenberg (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Camarillo, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
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- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Justin Zierke (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Zierke accepted a plea deal and pled guilty of injury to a child; received 30 days in jail and 2 years probation; lost teaching license
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
Convicted:
2025, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, -
- Alexis Ziga Miranda (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Karey Zimmerman (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah and Nevada; in 2025, was accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in Nevada and Utah; the Mormon church was also named as a defendant; the lawsuit said a Utah bishop failed to report abuse allegations to police
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Nevada, Utah,
Alleged crime county:
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, 
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