CLEVELAND (OH)
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By: Jen Steer, newsnet5.com

CLEVELAND – A man was arrested for soliciting sex at Edgewater Park on Friday.

James McGonegal offered a Cleveland Metropark ranger $50 for sex, said park spokeswoman Sanaa Julien. The ranger was not on detail and was in plain clothes at the time.

McGonegal was charged with a third-degree felony because he also admitted he knows he has HIV, Julien said.

McGonegal is a pastor at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Cleveland. The Cleveland Catholic Diocese released this brief statement Friday night:

“Diocesan authorities have a policy of cooperating with civil authorities in these kinds of matters, and will do so in this matter.”