June 5, 2007 1:11 PM
Mainstream Loudoun supporter/ACLU attorney pleads guilty to child porn charges
Well, the Washington Post has finally seen fit to pay some attention to a story they tried to ignore until the pervert - who wasn't someone they'd love to report on, but rather the past president of the Virginia ACLU - pled guilty and they had to write something - although they did their best to bury it on page B4. Imagine where it would have been if it had been a pastor or a priest!
Former Va. ACLU Head Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography CaseA former Arlington County youth sports coach who once headed the Virginia ACLU pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that he purchased child pornography so graphic that prosecutors called it "sadistic."
Charles Rust-Tierney, 51, admitted that he accessed more than 850 pornographic images of children as young as 4, including a six-minute video depicting the sexual torture of children set to a song by the band Nine Inch Nails. Authorities said Rust-Tierney used a computer in his 10-year-old son's bedroom to view the files, some of which were contained on CDs bearing an American flag logo.
Read the entire story here.
Before going down in flames, Charles Rust-Tierney did manage to leave a legacy as the attorney who spoke on behalf of Mainstream Loudoun - our local anti-Christian watchdog group - during their suit to eliminate internet filters from Loudoun's public libraries so that twisted men like Mr. R-T could access porn freely in public places. (see Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?)
A man is known by the company he keeps.
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Comments
Um, so people who had their kids in his athletic programs actually sent letters of support for him? Did I read that correctly? How does that work in a parent's mind? Do the parents think he has some sort of separate area of his self where he enjoys child pornography, but he keeps it apart from the part of him that coaches children in sports? As if that part of him is another person entirely? As a mom, I cannot fathom that I would trust a person with such grave issues. It's akin to trusting an alcoholic with my child...just because the adult isn't drinking at that moment with my child doesn't mean that adult has the capacity to make sound judgements with my kid...or that the alcoholism won't damage my child. That's not a comment on the disease of alcoholism, it is a call on my judgement as a parent. I would not assume that a person has "separate" parts of their lives that are harmful that they could keep away from my kids. Humans just don't work that way, we are an integrated being and everything relates to one another. How can anyone assume the man in the article will not (God forbid, did not) victimize a child he knew in his community? He already victimized children through his purchases. What sort of weird denial do people go through to think he wouldn't take action with kids in his immediate reach?
I seriously don't understand the support component. I DO understand that every person deserves grace and forgiveness, but those can be separate from glossing over the gravity of his actions-more so the grave state of his heart. Oh, I do hope he gets help from the one who can give it.
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Posted by: erika | June 5, 2007 10:41 PM
Imajackson, I was just about to comment on the same thing. It's one thing if he denies the charges. At that point, they can choose to believe he is innocent. But he pled guilty to the charges.
This was deliberate, long-term, unrepentent sinning, preying upon innocent children who were brutalized, tortured and raped. I don't care how close a friend he was, he has committed a crime and needs to pay his debt to society.
Posted by: Amy K. | June 6, 2007 8:43 AM
Oooh...I am just disgusted! When I hear about things like this (and even though the article claims this story has received national attention, I have only heard of it here) I feel so sad for the little victims and angry at those who support child porn....I can only console myself with the knowledge that God will one day make everything right! In the meantime, I'll keep my kids close and pray, pray, pray that they will never be in the clutches of such perversion...and on the bright side- at least for a few years there's one less pervert to look out for!
Posted by: purebillow | June 6, 2007 3:55 PM
Barbara, that last note from purebillow makes me think about a good article topic. How do Moms keep their children from predators? It is my absolute worst fear...that someone will prey on my child and the ensuing trauma that follows for the child and their family. HOW? I know it is a sickening topic, but sticking my head in the sand, or the latest Jan Karon book isn't going to help. There have to be some telltale signs. I read recently of some of the online chats from one of the "Men who Love Boys" groups (translate: Pedophiles with a new name) that these men actually look for advice from each other on how to "advance" sexually with a young boy. One man wanted to know how to go from a friend to a sexual relation...with a young boy! SIck I know! Yet it brings to mind that there must be a set of signs we can teach our children, or a set of behaviors we can look for in people who are in contact with our kids- so we can minimize the risk to our babies.
I have a friend whose mother never let a man watch/babysit her daughters for this very reason (save their father). Is that too far?
Barbara, if anyone could look at this with wisdom, clarity and common God-sense it is you. Any chance you want to take this topic on for us younger mothers?
Posted by: Imajackson | June 7, 2007 1:11 AM
