Former Boston Police Officer and Patrolmens Union head, Patrick Rose, pleads guilty to raping six children (Dennis: attorney, home)

[sawyer2]

"Former Boston Police Officer Patrick Rose Sr of West Roxbury, who once led the patrolmen’s powerful union, pleaded guilty on Monday to raping six children multiple times over a 27-year period in a case that exposed an alleged department cover-up allowed him to stay on force for decades, authorities said.

Rose, 67, was sentenced to serve at least 10 years in prison, with a maximum of 13 years and 10 years’ probation following his release."

"Some of these victims describe being sexually assaulted upwards of 200 times," said Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark.

Rose's victims were sometimes 6, 7 or 8 years old, prosecutors said, and he raped the six victims in his West Roxbury home over the course of 30 years until 2020."



https://www.masslive.com/police-fire...r-decades.html

https://www.wcvb.com/article/former-...8310/39814484#




And some of the back story

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/...line_Text_Link

"A Globe investigation has found that the Boston Police Department in 1995 filed a criminal complaint against him for sexual assault on a 12-year-old, and, even after the complaint was dropped, proceeded with an internal investigation that concluded that he likely committed a crime. Despite that finding, Rose kept his badge, remained on patrol for another 21 years, and rose to power in the union that represents patrol officers.

Prosecutors now say the boy recanted his story under pressure from Rose, a common phenomenon for young survivors of abuse when faced with demands from their abuser. Though the criminal case against Rose was dropped as a result, a separate police internal affairs investigation went forward and concluded Rose broke the law.

Boston police won’t say what, if any, disciplinary action was taken against Rose. But it is clear the department did little or nothing to limit his contact with children, and allowed him to salvage a career that led to the union presidency, where he became the public face of the city’s 1,500 patrol officers.

The Globe investigation raises significant questions about how the department handled Rose, whose broader history of alleged molestation has only become clear now that he is jailed facing 33 counts of sexual abuse of six victims from age 7 to 16 in Suffolk Superior Court.

Even after the department learned of the alleged abuse in 1995, the Globe review found, Rose was allowed to have contact with vulnerable children.

“What we’re describing here is an example of an institutional and systemic failure,” said former Boston police lieutenant Tom Nolan, who now teaches at Emmanuel College. ”The department had a responsibility to ensure that this individual was no longer employed in the ranks of the Boston Police Department.”

[msRB311]

It is kind of crazy to me that someone who could rape children could also be capable of rising in power the way that he did on BPD. I really dont know how he could be considered for promotions having an accusation like that on his record...but apparently Dennis White had accusations against him as well and he still become an acting commissioner.

[GeePee]

Hopefully this POS will get his real sentencing in prison like most of these offenders do.

[massnative71]

I don't understand how the internal investigation found wrongdoing, yet the charges against him were dropped.

[GeePee]

I mean he was head of one of the most powerful Unions in Boston.. That probably has something to do with it.

[msRB311]

Cops dont take kindly to people who do anything wrong to children...something definitely went wrong here.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by GeePee

Hopefully this POS will get his real sentencing in prison like most of these offenders do.

A cop AND a child rapist. Yeah he's done...

[charolastra00]

Maximum of 13 years in prison.

I needed to read that over about 10 times.

[msRB311]

Priests did it for decades...shouldn't be that surprising that it happened with a cop

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Cops dont take kindly to people who do anything wrong to children...something definitely went wrong here.

Cops also look out for other cops.

I guess we know which of those two is ultimately more important.