Gay couple in Georgia sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexual assault of adopted sons

A gay couple from Georgia convicted of the horrific sexual abuse of their two adopted sons has been sentenced to life in prison.  

William and Zachary Zulock, aged 34 and 36, were each handed 100-year prison sentences without the possibility of parole, according to an announcement from the Walton County District Attorney’s office last week.  

“These two Defendants truly created a house of horrors and put their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone else,” said District Attorney Randy McGinley, according to WSB-TV.

“However, the depth of the Defendants’ depravity, which is as deep as it gets, is not greater than the resolve of those that fought for justice and the strength of the victims in this case. The resolve I have seen from these two young victims over the last two years is truly inspiring,” he added.

The boys, two brothers now aged 12 and 10, were adopted by the Zulocks from a Christian agency specializing in children with special needs.  

The couple presented the appearance of a loving family, living in a wealthy suburb of Atlanta.  

However, their seemingly ideal life—Zachary being employed in banking and William working as a government official—concealed a sinister reality.  

The couple repeatedly forced the boys into sexual acts with them and recorded the abuse to produce pedophilic pornography.

Evidence revealed that they even boasted about the abuse to like-minded individuals, with one reporting to police that Zachary had once sent a Snapchat message stating, “I’m going to f–k my son tonight. Stand by,” along with images of the boy being abused.

They were also accused of using social media to exploit the boys by offering them to at least two men involved in a local pedophile ring.

The couple was arrested in 2022 after an alleged member of the ring was caught downloading child porn, and he told the investigators how the Zulocks were making porn with young boys living in their house.

Both Zulocks plead guilty to charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual exploitation of children.