BOSTON — Patrick Rose Sr., the former Boston police officer already accused of raping a child, was arraigned on 16 additional charges Tuesday involving four more children, according to prosecutors.
Rose, 66, who is also a past president of the Boston Patrolmen’s Association, was arraigned Tuesday on 11 counts of rape of a child and five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Earlier this month, he was arraigned on five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and one count each of aggravated rape of a child, enticement of a minor, open and gross lewdness and dissemination of matter harmful to a minor.
Prosecutors said all five of the children were under 14 at the time of the assaults, and the accusations cover encounters as far back as the 1990s and as recently as two years ago.
“There is nothing more horrible and depraved than sexually abusing a child, and in this case it is made even more unfathomable that the defendant is a former member of law enforcement,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins in a statement. “He actually swore an oath to protect victims from harm, instead he was preying on and harming our most vulnerable and innocent, young children. This behavior is unconscionable.”
A judge in the West Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court increased Rose’s bail to $270,000. His bail was originally set at $100,000 after the first arraignment, but that was increased after investigators found an email Rose sent to family members on the day the first victim contacted police. State law prohibits prosecutors from requesting that Rose be held without bail.Subscribe
The victim in the first case was a family member Rose is accused of sexually assaulting when she was between 7 and 12. The victim contacted Boston police on Aug. 2.
In the email, Rose said he was “mentally all effed up” and that he “should have left you all years ago when this started,” the Boston Herald reported.
“I know there’s not enough love in this world for you to forgive the monster I truly am,” Rose reportedly wrote. Rose’s attorney said the email does not amount to a confession and does not contain references to the specific crimes he is accused of.
Rose has not posted bail. He is due back in court Sept. 23.
The district attorney said anyone with additional information should contact the Suffolk County State Police Detectives Unit at 617-727-8817.
While the victims and witnesses of any crime should call 911 in an emergency, there are additional resources available to report suspected crimes against children and for survivors of abuse to receive help. In Suffolk County, survivors of child abuse and exploitation and their non-offending caretakers can receive comprehensive services at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County.
Anyone who believes that a child in Massachusetts may be the victim of abuse should call the Department of Children & Families at Risk Hotline at 1-800-792-5200.
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