Boston’s Handling of Cop’s Sexual Abuse Troubles First Circuit

It’s plausible that Boston put minors experiencing sexual abuse in greater danger in its response to allegations against the city police officer who sexually abused them while he was off duty, the First Circuit suggested Thursday.

Patrick Rose, former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, pleaded guilty to 21 counts of child rape and sexual assault for abuse that occurred over a 27-year span. Two alleged survivors of the abuse, the children of Rose’s spouse, filed a lawsuit accusing Boston and police officials of putting them in harm’s way by impeding a Massachusetts Department of Children and Families investigation, ...