A 63-year-old Cockeysville man who is a youth group leader at a local church has been charged with possession and distribution of hundreds of thousands of pornographic images of extremely young children.
Gregory W. Gibson, of the 10300 block of Malcolm Circle, 21030, is held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $750,000 bail. He was arrested Thursday at his home.
Detectives in BCoPD’s Crimes Against Children Unit say this is one of the most serious child pornography cases they have ever seen. Police so far have discovered about 250,000 pornographic images of extremely young, prepubescent children — mostly girls — on Gibson’s computers and hard drives. These are disturbing images depicting child sexual abuse and explicit sex acts and erotica involving children.
Youth Group Leader
Gibson leads a youth group at the Chinese Christian Church of Baltimore, 1800 Cromwell Bridge Rd., Parkville, for children ranging in age from 9 through college age. Also, Gibson’s wife has been operating an unlicensed daycare operation from the home; police have notified authorities of the illegal daycare operation.
There is no indication at this time that Gibson has abused children or used children he knows to produce pornographic material; however, the investigation remains ongoing.
The investigation began in February, when detectives identified online child pornography they traced through computer forensics to Gibson. Search and seizure warrants were executed at Gibson’s home and place of employment on April 16; detectives seized computers and hard drives belonging to Gibson containing a massive amount of child pornography.
During interviews with detectives, Gibson said he struggles with his need to view child pornography and admitted to downloading and sharing child pornography.