BOSTON — Two of the victims sexually abused by former Boston Police officer Patrick Rose are suing several city, police and DCF officials they say failed to fully investigate the crimes.
Among the defendants in the case are former Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans, the city of Boston, and the Department of Children and Families.
Despite a 1995 complaint against Rose for indecent assault and battery on a 12-year-old boy, Rose continued to rise through the ranks of the Boston Police Department and its union, according to documents filed in court Thursday. Although the charges were later dropped against Rose, DCF and BPD’s own internal affairs division concluded Rose likely did commit the crime.
Prosecutors say Rose continued to abuse the initial victim and extended the abuse to other children over the next 23 years.
“Due to the complete failure of the BPD and DCF, Rose was not terminated from the police department, and avoided criminal charges, incarceration, restraining orders, therapy, and child custody restrictions. Because the BPD and DCF did nothing, Rose was emboldened and escalated his abuse against John Doe and Jane Doe and extended the abuse to additional child victims,” the prosecution wrote in their suit.
Rose, the former president of the Boston police union, was criminally charged in 2020 with child sex abuse. According to the arrest report, the victim told police Rose touched their genitals, orally raped them and asked them to perform a sexual act.
Two years later, Rose pleaded guilty to 21 of 33 charges for molesting six children over an almost three-decade period. Rose was sentenced to 10-to-13 years in prison and 10 years probation.
The same year, an investigation by the city of Boston concluded Rose should have been fired long ago and that then-police commissioner Paul Evans was aware of the allegations.
When reached for comment, Boston Mayor Michlle Wu declined to speak on the matter.
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