A former attorney for a prominent Connecticut church was sentenced Monday to six months of home confinement for destroying the ex-music director's laptop computer containing child pornography. Prosecutors and a judge have disclosed that the music director, Robert Tate, had a long history of sexually abusing children. Attorney Philip Russell also faces a $25,000 fine and 240 hours of community service, but the judge cited his years of good service in sparing him prison.
December 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A former attorney for a prominent church was sentenced Monday to six months of home confinement for destroying the ex-music director’s laptop computer containing child pornography.
The music director, Robert Tate, was convicted of possessing child pornography, but prosecutors and a judge disclosed Monday that Tate had a long history of sexually abusing children.
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