Balto. Co. police: Parkville church youth group leader arrested in 'massive' child porn case

By Alison Knezevich
Baltimore Sun
April 17, 2015

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-co-church-leader-arrested-20150417-story.html

Baltimore County police call it one of the most serious cases of child pornography they have ever seen.

A youth group leader for the Chinese Christian Church of Baltimore in Parkville has been arrested in what Baltimore County police say is one of the most serious child pornography cases they have ever seen.

Gregory W. Gibson, 63, of Cockeysville was charged Friday with possession and distribution of child pornography. County police said they have seized computers and hard drives containing a "massive" amount of images — about 250,000 so far.

The images depict extremely young children, mostly girls, being sexually abused, police said.

Police said they don't have evidence that Gibson sexually abused the children or that he knows any of the children depicted in the pornography.

He was arrested Thursday at his home on the 10300 block of Malcolm Circle and is being held at the county detention center on $750,000 bail.

Police said that during interviews with detectives, Gibson admitted to downloading and sharing child pornography.

No attorney for Gibson is listed in online court records.

Administrators of the church, located on Cromwell Bridge Road near Loch Raven High School, did not return phone calls seeking comment. A man who declined to identify himself at the church said only the pastor was authorized to comment on the case, and that he was not at the church.

Gibson heads a group at the church for children ages 9 through college age, police said. They began investigating him in February by tracing child pornography to his computer.

Police said they also discovered his wife was running an unlicensed day care out of their home. She could not be reached to comment.

According to its wesbite, the Chinese Christian Church of Baltimore has about 250 members. It was founded in 1972 and its members are non-denominational, evangelical Christians.