Former ACLU Lawyer Disbarred After Child Porn Plea

The former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has been disbarred after his guilty plea last year to child porn charges.

In July 2007, Charles Rust-Tierney pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times reported. A statement of facts filed with the plea said Rust-Tierney used his home computer to access and download child porn on the Internet, according to a Justice Department press release (PDF). Many images showed children under the age of 12 engaging in sex with adult males, prosecutors said.

Rust-Tierney consented to the disbarment by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, leaving sealed the details of the ethical violations, the blog story says.