OHIO
The Plain Dealer
By Tom Feran, The Plain Dealer
on December 21, 2013
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Rev. James McGonegal, the 68-year-old priest indicted on a felony charge in October for soliciting sex from an undercover ranger at Edgewater Park, has been replaced as pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Cleveland.
Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese accepted McGonegal’s resignation as pastor on submission. Lennon then appointed the Rev. Michael Troha as the church’s new leader. Troha was pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Willoughby since 2004.
The change was effective Dec. 10.
The announcement was made in Friday’s edition of the biweekly Catholic Universe Bulletin, the diocesan newspaper.
Troha’s official installation as pastor will be at a 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Jan. 25, at St. Ignatius of Antioch, with Lennon presiding.
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