BOSTON, February 23, 2017— Just as pretrial motions were about to be heard in his pending child sexual assault case, a Hyde Park man yesterday pleaded guilty to all charges related to the abuse of two young girls more than two decades ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

BRUCE SADLER (D.O.B. 10/10/57) pleaded guilty to two counts of rape of a child as a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court on defense motion to suppress evidence was set to begin yesterday.  He faces sentencing before Judge Janet Sanders on April 5.  Prosecutors will recommend a state prison sentence.

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney Alissa Goldhaber of the DA’s Child Protection Unit would have presented evidence and testimony to prove that Sadler improperly touched two girls who were known to him and who were between the ages of 7 and 11 when the abuse occurred.  Sadler abused one of the victims between 1990 and 1993 and the second between 1993 and 1995, during a period that Sadler lived in Mattapan and elsewhere in the city of Boston.

Both victims reported making statements to family members about the abuse within years of its occurrence.  However, the assaults were not reported to Boston Police until 2012, after one of the victims made a more detailed disclosure to a relative who later contacted police.  When the relative confronted him about the abuse, the evidence would have shown, Sadler made statements in the presence of multiple witnesses admitting that he assaulted the two victims.

“The decision to disclose sexual abuse can be one of the most difficult experiences of a person’s life, whether as a child or an adult,” Conley said.  “Survivors everywhere should know that when they do choose to come forward, we will make sure they feel safe and supported, and we will work tirelessly to hold their abuser accountable, even years or decades after the fact.”

Tina Nguyen is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Sadler is represented by Scott Bocchio and Robert Boncore. 

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