A sergeant at the Boston Police Department appeared in court to face child rape charges on Monday. Paul Downey, 58, of West Roxbury, was arraigned in the Dorchester division of the Boston Municipal Court on aggravated rape of a minor and several other charges.

A Boston police sergeant is facing child rape charges as prosecutors allege he raped a 14-year-old on two occasions in March and May.

The Boston Police sergeant accused of raping a teen boy has been ordered held on $250,000 bail. Paul Downey, 58, of West Roxbury, was brought up on four counts of rape of a child aggravated by age difference,