Gloucester Catholic Custodian Charged with Secretly Filming Students

John Martin, 41, of Wenonah, allegedly captured students undressing with eight hidden cameras set up around the Catholic school.

Gloucester Catholic Junior-Senior High School’s head custodian allegedly installed hidden video cameras throughout the school, capturing images of students and staff undressing as well as everyday school activities. John Martin, 41, of the first block of S. Jefferson Avenue in Wenonah, turned himself in Wednesday to Gloucester City police on a third-degree invasion of privacy charge. Martin allegedly set up eight hidden cameras around the Gloucester City Catholic school, placing them in classrooms, the school’s choir room, weight room, backstage area, maintenance facilities and football area. The cameras, hidden in smoke detectors and ventilation ducts, were pinhole-sized, measuring a quarter-inch in diameter, officials said. “Students …

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