MASSACHUSETTS
Telegraph (Australia)
AAP AUGUST 06, 2013
A HIGH-RANKING priest with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has taken a voluntary leave after being accused of soliciting a prostitute.
Authorities say the Reverend Arthur Coyle was granted $US500 ($A565) bail after pleading not guilty on Monday to a count of sexual conduct for a fee.
Coyle is the episcopal vicar for the Merrimack Region, meaning he oversees several parishes in the area. He lives at the rectory of St Rita’s parish in Lowell.
Police say the 62-year-old Coyle was arrested on Sunday after he was allegedly found with a prostitute behind a Lowell cemetery.
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