Following the court case, the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle said Gardner had "never been a priest" in the diocese or held ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid ...

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 ...

They included his continued association with Gardner, a frequent visitor to his house, despite warnings from senior priests that Gardner was a convicted paedophile. A spokesperson for the Diocese of ...

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 ...

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 ...

He has never been a priest of the diocese nor held any roles within the diocese. Stephen Wright, the present Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, has never met Gardner. “The relationship between ...