Baltimore County Youth Leader Charged in 'Disturbing' Child Pornography Case: Police

By Elizabeth Janney
Patch
April 17, 2015

http://patch.com/maryland/towson/baltimore-county-youth-leader-involved-one-most-serious-child-pornography-cases-department-has-seen

A Cockeysville man who has led youth activities at a church off Cromwell Bridge Road and whose wife runs an unlicensed day care is charged in what Baltimore County police say is “one of the most serious child pornography cases“ its detectives have ever seen.

Gregory W. Gibson, 63, was arrested Thursday at his home in the 10300 block of Malcolm Circle in Cockeysville, the Baltimore County Police Department reported. He is charged with two counts of promoting or distributing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, online court records show.

Gibson leads a youth group at the Chinese Christian Church of Baltimore, on Cromwell Bridge Road, with participants ranging from 9 years old through college students, police said.

In addition, his wife has been operating a daycare from their home without a license, according to police, who said Friday that the proper authorities have been notified of the illegal operation.

“There is no indication at this time that Gibson has abused children or used children he knows to produce pornographic material,” police said Friday. “However, the investigation remains ongoing.”

Officials found approximately 250,000 pornographic images of “extremely young, prepubescent children—mostly girls” on the hard drives of his computers, police reported.

It is “one of the most serious child pornography cases” that detectives in the Crimes Against Children Unit say they have ever seen, the report said.

“These are disturbing images depicting child sexual abuse and explicit sex acts and erotica involving children,” according to the report.

Detectives began investigating Gibson in February after finding online child pornography they traced to him; and on April 16, they served search and seizure warrants at his home and workplace that uncovered computers and hard drives containing “a massive amount of child pornography,” according to police.

Gibson told detectives that he “struggles with his need to view child pornography and admitted to downloading and sharing child pornography,” police said.

Gibson is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $750,000 bail, according to the report.

He has a preliminary hearing scheduled in Baltimore County District Court on May 15, online court records show.