MASSACHUSETTS
Daily Mail (UK)
Senior Catholic priest arrested after being caught red-handed paying $40 for oral sex with ‘known prostitute’ in cemetery
A high-ranking priest with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is facing a prostitution charge after being caught red-handed by police.
The Rev. Arthur Coyle was arrested just after 5 p.m. on Sunday after he offered a ‘known prostitute’ money for sex behind a cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts, said Lowell Police Captain Kelly Richardson.
Police say Monsignor Coyle, 62, was granted $500 bail after pleading not guilty Monday in Lowell District Court to a count of sexual conduct for a fee. He is due to return to court Sept. 16 for a pretrial conference
In a report filed in court, police quoted Coyle as telling them that he had paid a woman working as a prostitute $40 for oral sex. Coyle told police the sex act had not been completed, reported Boston.com.
Police had spotted Coyle driving a black Chevy Equinox and noticed he had a ‘known prostitute’ in the passenger seat, the report said.
After the vehicle parked behind the Polish Cemetery in Lowell, of
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