Iowa priest arrested in Saturday morning prostitution sting

By Alex Kirkpatrick
KCCI
July 9, 2016

http://www.kcci.com/news/iowa-priest-arrested-in-saturday-morning-prostitution-sting/40434022

HAMBURG, Iowa —A Page County priest was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly tried to persuade an undercover source to perform sexual acts in exchange for money.

KJAN reports that Fremont County Sheriff’s deputies arrested The Rev. Dominic Yamoah, 40, of Clarinda, who faces solicitation charges and is being held at the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center on $2,000 bond.

Deputies conducted the investigation into solicitation of prostitution in Hamburg, about 40 miles southwest of Clarinda.

Yamoah serves as a priest at the St. Clare Parish in Clarinda and St. Joseph Parish in Villisca.

The Iowa State Patrol assisted in the investigation.