LOWELL (MA)
Boston Herald
By:
O’Ryan Johnson
A high-ranking Catholic priest — once honored by the pope and now accused of hiring a prostitute for sex in his car at a Lowell cemetery — has been spotted cruising a local hooker hot spot in the past, according to a police report.
The Rev. Monsignor Arthur Coyle, who received the title of prelate of honor from Pope Benedict XVI last year, has been stopped for circling a part of the city frequented by drug dealers and streetwalkers, and his black Chevrolet Equinox is known to cops who work that area, Lowell police Detective Rafael Rivera wrote in his report.
“Detectives have observed Arthur Coyle in this same vehicle well over a dozen times,” Rivera wrote. “I have further observed him to stop and slow down every time he sees a single female or a prostitute in the area.” …
Police identified the alleged prostitute as Siriwan Kongkaew, 38, of Lowell, and said she will be summonsed for a charge of sexual conduct for a fee. She told police that Sunday was the second time Coyle had picked her up and paid her for sex. She gave police the $40 he paid her this most recent time as evidence, the report stated.
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