Priest arrested for soliciting sex from ranger at Edgewater Park

OHIO
WKYC

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CLEVELAND — A man was arrested at Edgewater Park Friday afternoon after he allegedly solicited an off-duty plainclothes Metroparks ranger for sex.

According to rangers spokeswoman Monica Banks Hines, James McGonegal offered the ranger $50, then admitted he was HIV positive.

According to sources with the Cleveland Metroparks, McGonegal is a priest at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church on Lorain Avenue.