Facing mounting criticism from lawmakers, Acting Mayor Kim Janey vowed Monday evening to release records from a 1995 Boston Police internal investigation, documents that could shed light on why the department allowed an accused child rapist to remain on the force for two decades prior to his arrest last year for the alleged rape of six children. Janey’s announcement followed a Globe investigation that revealed the department determined in 1995 that Patrick M. Rose Sr, the onetime president of the city’s powerful patrolmen’s union, had more than likely molested a 12-year-old child. The department had repeatedly refused to release the case files or discuss why Rose, who is now charged with sexually abusing five additional children, continued as a patrolmen and had access to children. Read the full story.
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