A registered intercourse offender with a number of convictions for sexually assaulting a baby was a parks and recreation worker for the Metropolis of Boston till his employment with town ended this week.
Robert M. Claud, 37, of Dorchester, is listed as a Stage 3 intercourse offender on the state intercourse offender registry board. Per metropolis payroll information, he seems to have been employed by the Metropolis of Boston final yr, and, per the mayor’s workplace, labored there till this previous Tuesday.
He was paid $19,931, together with $2,868 in time beyond regulation, final yr as a heavy motor tools operator and laborer for town’s parks and recreation division, which oversees parks and playgrounds and family-oriented programming, per metropolis payroll information. He’s not listed on prior years’ information.
Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a baby underneath 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious conduct. The convictions are from Feb. 6, 2013, in line with the state’s intercourse offender registry board.
Stage 3, which Claud is registered at, is probably the most harmful intercourse offender stage. These registered offenders are thought-about to have a excessive danger of reoffending and pose a excessive diploma of hazard to the general public, in line with the state web site.
After repeated inquiries, Mayor Michelle Wu’s workplace confirmed Thursday that Claud was working for town, however that his employment ended this previous Tuesday, Aug. 12.
“Robert Claud is not a City of Boston employee,” a metropolis spokesperson stated in a press release.
The mayor’s workplace didn’t present a cause for Claud’s departure, nor did it say whether or not he was terminated or voluntarily left his Metropolis Corridor place.
Town offered a replica of its Felony Offender Report Info, or CORI, coverage in response to Herald questions on what town’s coverage was for hiring intercourse offenders, and what precautions had been taken to make sure Claud wasn’t a danger to others.
The CORI coverage “applies to any full-time, part-time, contractor, internship or volunteer position for the City of Boston that, as a function of the job duties, may have direct and unsupervised contact with children 18 years of age or less, disabled persons or the elderly,” the doc states.
Town’s CORI coverage considers the time that’s handed since a job candidate’s offense, the age of the candidate when the offense occurred, particular circumstances of the offense, and the relevance of the offense to the character of the work to be carried out within the place.
“It is widely documented that those with criminal records face prejudice and discrimination when rejoining society,” town’s CORI coverage states.
Claud’s work deal with listed on the intercourse offender registry nonetheless ties his employment to town, as of Thursday. His listed work deal with, 275 Canterbury St. in Roslindale, is the Metropolis of Boston parks and recreation upkeep yard.
“SORB can confirm the information on the website is the work address this individual currently has on file,” Elaine Driscoll, a spokesperson for the state’s Govt Workplace of Public Security and Intercourse Offender Registry Board, stated in a press release.
By state statute, the Intercourse Offender Registry Board is permitted to reveal an offender’s work deal with, however not the identify of their employer. If offenders get a brand new job, they’re required by state statute to tell the board 10 days previous to beginning new employment, no matter when their annual registration obligation takes place with their native police division, a state official stated.
If there’s no new employment, offenders should not required to replace their registered addresses till their subsequent annual registration, a state official stated.
Claud’s newest annual photograph replace on the Intercourse Offender Registry Board was Jan. 28.
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