BOSTON – A Marlborough man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with filming his sexual abuse of two children and surreptitiously producing or attempting to produce child pornography involving 11 others over a span of years.
Philip Raymond, 65, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 60 years in prison and five years of supervised release. On March 30, 2022, Raymond pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual exploitation of children, and attempt. Raymond was arrested and charged in October 2020 and has remained in federal custody since.
“Over the course of eight years, Mr. Raymond exploited 13 young, defenseless children known to him. He grossly took advantage of the trust placed in him by his victims and their families to inflict indescribable trauma and suffering. Mr. Raymond’s reprehensible conduct is a parent’s worst nightmare. He is a predatory danger to society who will now spend 60 years behind bars where he can no longer harm children,” said United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins. “Although nothing can erase the indescribable trauma and pain inflicted upon the victims and their families, we hope this sentence will bring accountability to the defendant and acknowledge both the bravery of children who are able to come forward and my office’s dedication to fighting for victims whose trauma often stays with them for years. We will prosecute those who seek to sexualize and exploit our children to the fullest extent of the law.”
“Today’s sentence is a victory for the many victims whose lives and dignity were destroyed by Raymond through his sickening behavior over many years,” said Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England. “HSI New England is grateful for the crucial support of the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, the District Attorney for Middlesex, the Massachusetts State Police and the Marlborough Police Department in this case. Without their tireless efforts it’s likely Raymond would have continued damaging the lives of countless children for years to come.”
Between 2004 and 2012, Raymond produced or attempted to produce child pornography involving 13 different children who were friends of his own child and entrusted in his care. A search of Raymond’s home in 2019 resulted in the seizure of various digital devices containing evidence that Raymond had filmed his sexual abuse of two of those children. The digital evidence also showed that Raymond had set up a recording device in his own child’s room and in his home’s bathroom to attempt to record imagery of children in the nude. In total, Raymond recorded 13 different children. According to court records, Raymond is also facing charges in Middlesex Superior Court for child rape as well as possession of other child pornography discovered during the search of his residence.
U.S. Attorney Rollins; HSI SAC Millhollin; Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan; Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; and Marlborough Police Chief David Giorgi made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Paruti, Chief of Rollins’ Major Crimes Unit, prosecuted the case.
The case is brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In 2006, the Department of Justice created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identity and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/.