350 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Criminal case result: Pleaded guilty
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- Robert Stahn (1958 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused in April 2023 of sexual abuse; once served as clinical director of Operation Shield, counseling child sexual trauma survivors; pleaded guilty in October 2023 to felony sexual abuse or exploitation of a vulnerable adult
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Derrick Starley (1991 – ) was a full-time LDS missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; from Utah; was charged in 2013 with sexual battery of a child 16 or 17 year old; per Idaho State Journal, the alleged crime occurred during his mission in October 2012; pled guilty in 2013 to felony injury to a child; sentenced to 10 days in jail; was given a withheld judgment; in 2016, guilty plea was set aside and case was dismissed
Convicted:
2013,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Richard Stewart was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, - View report »
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- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2005, 2008,
Positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Kevin Sykes (1967 – ) was an LDS church youth leader in Utah; arrested for possessing child pornography; later arrested for forcible sodomy, human trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse and obstructing justice; pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts of felony child sexual abuse; in November 2023, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Utah
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Todd Tanner (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in the Cortez/Durango, Colorado area and St, George, Utah; co-founder of Utah-based dirty soda business Swig Drinks in approximately 2010; charged in 2010 in Colorado with crimes related to child sexual abuse; convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 48 months probation; allegedly was a Sunday School teacher in St. George, Utah after his conviction
Convicted:
2011,
Positions: Stake high council, Sunday school,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, - View report »
"All I wanted was to go far away to a place where you could not hurt me [..] Now I speak for the 12-year-old girl I once was. [...] You changed how I feel about myself [...] You don't deserve that kind of power. [...] Many days, it seems I feel ready to give up. [...] I continually uncover the hidden wounds that will need to be healed. [...] I choose to take back my power and relinquish the power he held over me."After Tanner's 2011 conviction in Colorado, the Mormon church allegedly assigned him to be a Sunday School teacher for LDS teenagers in St. George, Utah-
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- Bagley Tara was an LDS church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery of a Child 16 or 17 years of age and was sentenced to 13 years in prison
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Heidi Tasso (1968 – ) was an LDS church member and school teacher/counselor in St. George, Utah; charged in 2016 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one third-degree felony count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor; sentenced in August 2018 to 120 days in jail, 36 months probation and 200 hours of community service
Convicted:
2018,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Peter Taylor was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $1,200,000
Convicted:
2001,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, - View report »
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- Brent Taylor (1948 – ) was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024
Convicted:
2024,
Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Keele Taylor was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material / CSAM); in July 2019, pleaded guilty to possession of CSAM; the distribution charge was dropped due to a plea agreement
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2019,
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to sexual abuse of two minor children; in 2026, sentenced to 15 years in prison
Convicted:
2026,
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Approved for rebaptism, Church member allegedly wrote to First Presidency in support of accused, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, - View report »
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- Anthony Teeples (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
Convicted:
2019,
Positions: Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Arturo Tenorio (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
Convicted:
2013,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Patrick Tervort (1992 – ) was a reportedly a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pled guilty and convicted of three counts of FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE a 2nd Degree Felony; sentenced 1-15 years for each conviction; all prison time suspended.
Convicted:
2023,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Nathaniel Thompson (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nampa, Idaho; pleaded guilty of two counts of raping a minor in 2024; is a registered sex offender living in Nampa, Idaho as of May 2026;
Convicted:
2024,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- George Tilson (1942 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders
Alleged failure to report
Positions: High priest, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Russell Tolbert (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Rigby, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- James Tolman (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming
Convicted:
2006,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Charles Tyhurst (1947 – ) was a former LDS bishop and optometrist in southwest Virginia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor; 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Kimball Ungerman (1957 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in California; moved to Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison, but term was suspended; sentenced to probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender, lives in Orem, Utah; a 2021 California lawsuit against the church said bishop Phil Stewart failed to protect a victim, and a mission president didn't report
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, - View report »
"The Church does not keep a repository of documents relating to allegations, claims, or notification of child sexual abuse. There is no 'sexual abuse' file."-
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- Alva Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
Convicted:
1999,
Positions: Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, - View report »
"The judge also noted that he had never received so many letters in support of anyone who had come to his court before as a defendant in a criminal case."-
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- Jeffrey Vargo was an LDS church member in Washington County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty
Convicted:
2001,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- James Verde (1969 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to SEX ABUSE CHILD in 2005, served time in UT State prison; pleaded guilty of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT W/16-17 YEAR OLD; a second case in 2024 pleaded guilty of DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR and SEXUAL BATTERY; is currently incarcerated in Utah State prison as of May 2026; is a registered sex offender
Convicted:
2005, 2024,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: unknown, - View report »
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- Joseph Walker (1955 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah; charged in 2025 with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations […] to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts;" released from jail after letters from church members
Convicted:
2025,
Positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake presidency counselor,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, - View report »
"[Walker] needs to be with his community. He needs therapy, his ward, his family, his friends. He is not a risk to the community and never has been."Walker helped Mormon apostle Russell Ballard prepare speeches for years-
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- Matthew Wallis (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to a charge related to child sexual abuse
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2015,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Curtis Ware (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member and football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors; also pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor tampering with a witness in a separate case
Convicted:
2018,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Craig Ware was a Mormon church member in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; pleaded guilty, was given 300 hours of unpaid work, 3 years probation and to register as a sex offender
Convicted:
2026,
Positions: Bishopric counselor,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Released from church position, - View report »
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- Charles Weber (1947 – ) was an LDS church member and principal in Heber, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse unlawful sexual activity with a minor; admitted to sexually abusing children throughout his 35 year career
Convicted:
2013, 2014,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Anthony Webster was an LDS church member and fitness center employee in Collierville, Tennessee; accused of sexually molesting three young girls; in 2013, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual battery and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
Convicted:
2013,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Jeffrey Welling (1951 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fruit Heights, Utah; convicted of enticing a minor online in 2022;
Criminal case(s): Pleaded guilty,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Brad West (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Boise, Idaho; charged with sexual battery; took plea deal for battery; his RN license was revoked because of the sexual abuse
Convicted:
2012,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Robert Westover (1972 – ) was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Dylan Whiting (1988 – ) was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022; FLOODLIT is seeking info on the sentence
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2022,
Positions: Bishop,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Daniel Willard (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. Charles, Missouri; pleaded guilty to Possession Of Child Pornography and Furnish Pornographic Material Or Attempt To Furnish To A Minor; registered sex offender
Positions: Primary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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- Keith Williams (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested a boy for three years; Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report the abuse to police, but approved Williams for an LDS temple wedding; convicted in 1991
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - View report »
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- Robert Wily (1979 – ) was an Mormon church member in Utah; in 2004, pleaded guilty to four class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; arrested in 2020 for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images; convicted of one felony count in 2022; sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation
Convicted:
2004, 2020,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Alexander Winward was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7
Convicted:
2018,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- Byron Wiscombe (1977 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor and Ammon, Idaho city councilman; signed a plea agreement indicating he would admit to committing lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to prison in 2023
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2023,
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children as young as 13 years old over a period of 30 or more years; admitted to sexual abuse; in 1996, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005
Alleged failure to report
Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Stephen Wold (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member and former full-time missionary (to Panama) who lived in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2017 of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
Convicted:
2017,
Positions: BYU, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Lamar Woodbury (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse on a child under the age of 14, a second degree felony
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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- Kenne Worthen (1988 – ) was a Mormon elementary school teacher and BYU-Idaho adjunct professor in Arizona who sexually abused a 12-year-old child; in 2015, pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of attempt to commit child molestation; sentenced to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of probation after
Convicted:
2015,
Positions: BYU, Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, - View report »
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- Harvey Wright (1945 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Flagstaff, AZ; in 1988, pleaded guilty to "Attempted Sexual Abuse/Dangerous Crimes Against Children" and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation; placed in the BSA Confidential Files ("Perversion Files")
Positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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- Stephen Young (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30-year period; pleaded guilty in 2010 to lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2010,
Positions: Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, - View report »
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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)
Convicted:
2017,
Positions: Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - View report »
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- 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
Convicted:
2000,
Positions: LDS status unknown, Sunday school teacher, Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, - View report »
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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)
Convicted:
1995,
Positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, - View report »
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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
Convicted:
2025,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - View report »
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