Timothy Gardner, formerly of Newcastle, has been jailed for sickening online chats in which he claimed to be a GP who was ...

Both Gardner and Quigley have been laicised. The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle said that Gardner has never been a priest of its diocese and that its current head, Bishop Stephen Wright ...

The report referred to a priest that he knew was suspected ... pledged to improve safeguarding in the diocese. The safeguarding crisis in Hexham and Newcastle during Byrne’s tenure was the ...

As well as the unregistered names being a breach of his order, Gardner went on to discuss "how to abuse a child with penetrative sexual activity", Mr Turton said. Judge Julie Clemitson said Gardner ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his friendship with the priest in December 2022.

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his friendship with the priest in December 2022. The ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his handling of reports about the priest in December ...