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Case against Cleveland priest, accused of trying to pay for sex, is bound over to county court
By: Ann Geyser, newsnet5.com
CLEVELAND – The case against a local priest, accused of trying to pay for sex, has been bound over from Cleveland Municipal Court to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
The Reverend James McGonegal of St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, at 10205 Lorain Ave., was in municipal court on Tuesday, charged with one count of soliciting sex.
According to Metroparks rangers, McGonegal offered an undercover ranger $50 for sex at Edgewater Park on Oct. 11.
After being arrested, McGonegal told officials he was HIV positive. He is now free on bond, but is on leave from his parish.
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