In 2014 Deval Patrick fired leaders of his state's Sex Offender Registry for trying to force his...

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67. They were reconciled and married at the time.

So it can also look like he was protecting his sister’s family.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/11/deval-patrick-brother-in-law-bernard-sigh/

The Boston Herald reported in 2006 that Sigh had failed to register as a sex offender. This occurred during Deval Patrick’s first campaign for governor. A campaign spokesman told the newspaper at the time that the Sigh family were “very upset and distressed that they have been dragged into this campaign of negative attacks.” That spokesperson added, “For someone to now try to drag a family member, a private citizen, who turned his life around, and reconciled with his wife, into the middle of a political campaign is disgusting.” Patrick added that Sigh’s children had been unaware of the charges their father had faced until the media reports.

The Herald described Sigh and his wife as being “avid churchgoers who counsel couples crises.” The same article said that the couple had donated $1,600 to Patrick’s gubernatorial campaign. One of their children also donated $250.