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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh protected records that show the
Boston police union knew about sexual crimes committed by a top
official who this week was convicted for raping six children.
The Monday conviction of Patrick Rose on 21 counts related to
sexual assault of minors puts the spotlight on Walsh, who as
Boston's mayor blocked records showing the city's police
department knew about Rose's sexual crimes for decades. The
records, which were released by Walsh's successor, are damaging
to the city's powerful police union, which was led by the now-
convicted child rapist during Walsh's tenure as mayor.
After Rose's 2020 arrest for child rape, the Boston Globe
requested records of a 1995 police department investigation into
sexual assault allegations against the then-patrolman. Walsh
claimed he could not release the records because they would
include the name of Rose's victim. But months after Walsh
stepped down to join the Labor Department, the city released the
records, which conceal the victim's name and show that an
internal police investigation concluded Rose likely sexually
assaulted a 12-year-old boy.
Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right to Work
Legal Defense Foundation, said a more thorough investigation is
still needed to determine who knew about Rose's behavior and why
Walsh wanted to keep the records secret.
"It certainly calls further into question Marty Walsh's ability
to oversee union transparency which he is now in charge of at
the Department of Labor," Semmens told the Washington Free
Beacon.
The Department of Labor did not respond to a request for comment.
Rose was not the only accused abuser at the Boston Police
Department about whom Walsh withheld information. A Boston
police officer swore in an affidavit that Walsh was aware of
domestic abuse allegations against former police commissioner
Dennis White when the former mayor appointed him to the
position. Walsh suspended White after the Globe reported on the
accusations, but the mayor claimed he was unaware of the
allegations. The Globe sought additional police records into
White's alleged abuse, but Walsh spiked the request.
Walsh delayed an investigation into White, which was released
one day after a Senate panel advanced Walsh's appointment as
head of the Labor Department. Then-Suffolk County district
attorney Rachael Rollins (D.), who now serves as Biden's U.S.
attorney for the District of Massachusetts, publicly accused
Walsh of either "lying" or committing gross incompetence over
the White scandal.
The records on Rose show the union fought to have him taken off
desk duty after the investigation into his sexual assault. The
Boston Police Patrolmen's Association threatened to file a
grievance on his behalf, according to the records. He went on to
work as an officer for more than two decades, eventually
becoming president of the police union from 2014 to 2017, before
his retirement in 2018.
Rose pleaded guilty to 21 counts of child rape and sexual
assault and was sentenced to 10 to 13 years in prison as well as
10 years of probation. Most of the crimes stem back to the
1990s, according to prosecutors, who also said the original 1995
charges investigated by the department were dropped after Rose
intimidated the victim.
The Globe reported that Rose as an officer continued to be in
contact with vulnerable children, including a 14-year-old girl
who called police to say she was raped and a special needs child
whom he drove home.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-labor-
secretary-covered-for-police-union-that-enabled-a-convicted-
child-rapist/
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