MASSACHUSETTS
MassLive
BY PHIL DEMERS pdemers@masslive.com
Prominent Boston Bishop A. Livingston Foxworth was among those caught up in a recent undercover prostitution sting, reports The Boston Herald.
Allegedly seeking sex services, Foxworth on Tuesday responded to a phony Backpage.com ad placed by Massachusetts State Police.
According to police, Foxworth agreed to pay the “prostitute” — actually an undercover detective — $150 and provided his cell phone number and a Pine Street address during the exchange, according to The Herald.
Foxworth later arrived at the address and police confirmed that the cell phone number was indeed his.
Foxworth, senior pastor at the Grace Church of All Nations in Dorchester since 1979, appeared Wednesday in Boston Municipal Court, where he faced a single charge of paying for sexual conduct. Nine others were caught up in the same undercover prostitution sting — a regular exercise conducted by authorities statewide with the aim of reducing demand.
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