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Started by: StephenExley 15-2-2014
A teacher and former religious education adviser to the Catholic Education Service (CES) has been charged with possessing more than 5,000 indecent images of children.
Father Tim Gardner, who also used to teach philosophy and RE at a North London convent school, appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court this week. He faces a total of 11 charges.
In his former role at the CES, Gardner was involved in lobbying the government about the importance of RE in schools.
Gardner, who used to teach at Maria Fidelis Convent School in Camden, also served as a governor at the independent Catholic girls school Rye St Antony in Oxford, The Tablet Catholic newspaper reported.
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