Cambridge City Councilor Paul F. Toner — who faces charges for allegedly patronizing a Cambridge brothel network — spent nearly a year trying to prevent his name from surfacing in the case prior to his arraignment.

Cambridge City Councilor and former president of the state’s teachers union Paul Toner said he was ashamed of his ensnarement in a massive brothel scandal and the charges pending before him for

Texts between a phone registered to Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner and a local “brothel phone” typically began with Toner, a more frequent patron of the high-end brothel ring, asking about women who are available for sex,