UNITED KINGDOM
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
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.
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.
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