LOWELL (MA)
The Sun

By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com
UPDATED: 09/20/2013

LOWELL — A high-ranking priest within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston was given six months probation after admitting to sufficient facts after police caught him in his car behind a Lowell cemetery with a prostitute last month.

In Lowell District Court on Friday, Monsignor Arthur Coyle, 62, of Lowell, admitted to sufficient facts to one count of sexual conduct for a fee.

Judge Elizabeth Cremens continued Coyle’s case for six months during which time he is on probation. While on probation, Coyle, a priest for 36 years, must continue counseling and he must stay away from the Highlands section of Lowell.