Catholic Friar Admits Downloading Child Pornography, SNAP Responds

SNAP
March 17, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/uk_catholic_friar_admits_downloading_child_pornography_snap_responds

A Catholic friar from Camden has pleaded guilty to possession of thousands of extremely graphic child pornography images. We are glad that that he is facing justice, but concerned about potential victims.

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Timothy Gardner was a religious education teacher at Maria Fidelis Catholic School. It is always extremely troubling when child abuse allegations surface, but it is even more worrisome when that person has worked directly with children. There are hundreds of potential victims.

We hope that anyone who saw, suspects, or suffered abuse by Gardner will contact police. And we hope that Catholic Church officials will aggressively reach out to any possible victims or witnesses.