A former Massachusetts shelter director says the latest child rape conviction of an illegal immigrant in a state-run shelter highlights a total government failure under Democratic leadership.
Haitian national Cory Alvarez, 27, was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison for the aggravated rape of a 15-year-old girl at a taxpayer-funded shelter in Rockland, Massachusetts. Alvarez, who entered the U.S. legally in 2023 but later violated his parole terms, was living at the shelter with the victim when the assault occurred, according to NBC 10 Boston.
Former shelter director and whistleblower Brian Fetherston called Alvarez’s sentencing “further evidence” of a systemic breakdown. “Call it what you will, but this is total government failure,” he said. “You have documented cases now of these girls being assaulted in shelters run with taxpayer dollars. No one at the top, including Governor Maura Healey, is taking any of the responsibility.”
Fetherston, who previously exposed similar abuse, cited another case in which Ronald Joseph, a Haitian illegal alien, raped and impregnated his 14-year-old daughter while staying in a state-funded shelter. “The state didn’t protect these children, and when you don’t protect children, you have no moral authority to run these programs,” he said.
While Healey’s office claims the governor “inherited a disaster of a shelter system,” Fetherston insists “not a single one of these people was vetted.” He warned, “The taxpayers need to realize that essentially, and horribly, you’re funding these rapes and assaults of little girls.”
