Sean Gardner, a former gymnastics coach at Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Gym owners in Iowa and Louisiana express shock and concern following the arrest of former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner on charges of sexual exploitation of students

A former gymnastics coach who was first accused of abuse more than three years ago has been arrested on federal child porn charges. Sean Gardner, 38, made his first court appearance Friday on a charge of producing visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.