A Boston firefighter was arrested on a slew of child rape and trafficking charges in connection with what prosecutors described as his alleged “disturbing” pattern of “repeated sexual abuse” of a young girl.

James Corbett, 60, of Brockton, was ordered held on $25,000 bail after his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court Wednesday on one count of trafficking a person under 18 for sexual servitude, two counts of rape of a child, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child 14 and over.

Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Laura Montgomery said the assaults on the female victim occurred between May 2018 and September 2024.

“These are extremely disturbing allegations involving repeated sexual abuse of a

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